About me
About me
I am a British-German marketing specialist and research analyst living in Berlin, Germany since 1999.
I grew up in the beautiful subtropical area of Cornwall in the UK.
I am passionate about a wide range of topics and areas, from B2B to B2C, online marketing and gaming, UX and web design, intelligence analysis and gathering, tourism and culture, education and development, telecoms and IT, history and business and much more!
Contact me below to see my full CV.
My background includes 20+ years in marketing, information provision, research and intelligence analysis as well as web admin, editorial, content, social media and community management.
* London Tourist Board Borough Liaison, Intelligence, City Development and Partnerships
* British Council Information Unit Berlin, Information and Marketing
* UK Government / Civil Service International Business Department, Export Division, Market Intelligence
* Deutsche Telekom T-International Research and Analysis Unit, Market and Competitive Intelligence
* IT and Telecoms B2B companies, Research Analysis and Email campaigns
* Major berlin Educational organisation, Marketing and Communications
* Prussian State Cultural organisation, Marketing and Information
* Renaissance Design Consultancy, Research
Database operations
Additionally I have deep database operations specialist experience with UK Government within several units, these include a legal unit, FMU HQ unit, Health Department, and international trade department, Additionally with CAB, Prussian State Cultural organisation and Deutsche Telekom Global unit T-International.
Operations experience
My operations experience covers a wide range of employment during and following university.
This includes retail, production, accommodation, vineyard (Australia), cinema and film unit roles and management (University of Sheffield Student Film Unit), museum, tourism and theme parks (Land's End).
I have worked with organisations of every type and size, starting with growing up and helping out with the 2 parallel small family businesses run by my family in Cornwall, UK. Later I worked with agencies, NGOs, charities, SMEs of all sizes, corporates and multicorps. I have insight across the board.
In addition to my wide skill set I also have undergrad and postgrad degrees in business studies, information management, business management (tourism strategic management) and history.
Transferrable skills include: investigative research, critical analysis, empathic thinking, written and oral communication, user-, market- and competitor intelligence, business skills and strategic skills.
My skills include research analysis, curiosity, creativity, marketing, communications, technical skills, learning aptitude, problem solving and troubleshooting, wide skillset, team participation and leading, negotiation, dependability, writing and content and photography.
I hold certification in business intelligence, data, digital marketing, UX design, online marketing, web design, web content and editorial and have achieved chartered status membership of the UK Chartered Institute of Information Professionals.
In 2023 I began upscaling my previous education (masters degrees in Business Information Management and Business Management and other certification) and experience as a research and intelligence analyst.
2025
* Marketing Analytics Professional Certificate incl. Python
Meta, USA
* Performance Marketing and Digital Advertising Strategies and Analytics
University of Colorado Business School, USA (and 3 Google Ads Certificates)
2024
* Supply Chain Management
Rutgers Business School, University of Rutgers, USA
* Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Professional Certificate
Microsoft, USA
* Brand Management Certificate: Aligning Business, Brand and Behaviour
London Business School, University of London, UK
* Data Visualization with Tableau
University of California, USA
* Google Business Intelligence Professional Certificate
Google, USA
* Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate with SQL and R (and Python)
Google, USA (and additional Python modules from IBM, USA)
2023
* Google Digital Marketing and E-commerce Professional Certificate,
Google, USA
2022 – 2023
* UX/CX Design Certificate intensive bootcamp course, 5 months
Career Foundry, Berlin