• Act as senior strategic advisor representing the UK government to U.S. technology executives, investors, and development partners, supporting international market entry and expansion decisions. • Build and manage a long term pipeline of trade and investment initiatives, aligning government policy objectives with private sector growth strategies. • Conduct executive level market, competitive, and ecosystem analysis to inform decision making for senior UK government stakeholders and corporate leadership teams. • Coordinate across legal counsel, trade specialists, and external advisors during due diligence driven investment discussions, navigating regulatory and geopolitical considerations. • Serve as connective tissue between government officials, private equity, universities, and corporate development leaders in a highly regulated, international operating environment.

• Served as primary strategic communications and advisor to the CEO, CFO, and executive leadership team, shaping external and internal narratives around company strategy, M&A activity, and capital allocation. • Synthesized complex financial, competitive, and operational information into executive ready materials including earnings scripts, board level presentations, and strategic briefings. • Coordinated closely with Legal, Corporate Development, and Finance leaders on material disclosures, acquisition announcements, and post deal integration communications, including $1.46B acquisition of ServiceMax. • Acted as a trusted advisor during sensitive periods requiring judgment, discretion, and alignment across leadership, investors, and regulators.

• Directed multi stakeholder initiatives connecting CISOs, CTOs, General Counsels and Communications executives across public, private and government organizations to advance cybersecurity, risk and compliance strategies. • Translated highly technical and classified adjacent threat intelligence into clear strategic guidance for executives and boards. • Built trusted relationships with C suite leaders across financial services, defense, technology, and legal sectors, enabling collaboration in a sensitive risk environment.

• Responsible for the creation of quarterly earnings materials including press release, prepared comments, and slide presentation. Managed all logistics. • Provided additional communications guidance to company regarding unexpected delay in reporting earnings results and late 10-K filing. • Coordinated non-deal roadshows, presentations, and individual investor meetings, including investor targeting, preparing management, and creating investor presentation materials. • Managed investor event at company’s annual customer conference.

• Led investor and governance communications, partnering directly with the CEO, CFO, Board, and Legal team during periods of strategic uncertainty and M&A activity. • Played a central coordinating role during a hostile tender offer and subsequent six month strategic alternatives review, managing information flow and executive messaging. • Conducted competitive and market intelligence analysis to support leadership decision making and long range strategic planning. • Improved shareholder outcomes by leading a comprehensive corporate governance communications strategy, significantly increasing Say on Pay approval.

• Supported senior commercial leadership by translating global go to market and product strategy into clear communications for international field organizations. • Partnered with executive and functional leaders across geographies to align messaging with corporate priorities in a complex matrixed organization.

• Served as communications and coordination lead for the Corporate Finance organization, supporting executive reviews, deal governance, and compliance processes. • Regularly evaluated complex transactions for compliance with US GAAP revenue recognition, partnering with Finance and Legal leadership. • Standardized executive reporting to improve decision making efficiency and risk oversight.

• Acted as a strategic advisor to executive leadership on investor perception, disclosure, and market dynamics during earnings cycles, capital events, and large scale M&A. • Coordinated cross functionally across Finance, Legal, Corporate Development, and Communications on transactions including the $1B VMware spin off and $2B acquisition of Data Domain. • Prepared executive briefing materials integrating financial performance, competitive intelligence, and strategic context.