"Coordinator: As a freelance Editor I work for a number of clients. This means that I have to be incredibly organised and always have an eye on what’s around the corner. Influencer: As an information gatherer, I relish learning, but the skill that I have which puts me at the top of my game is being able to accurately validate, verify and weight every lead that I find. The news and feature topics that I decide are important influence tens of thousands of maritime industry specialists around the world every day.Manager: I am a team player and to push my magazines to be the leading sources of insightful information, I have carefully hand-picked a team of correspondents around the world to provide top-class articles. They are in different time zones, have different personality traits and different approaches to life to me, so I work with each on their strengths to bring out the best in every magazine I create."

"Primarily, I’m a specialist maritime Editor and Journalist. But at heart, I’m a shipping person so that means that I branch out into other maritime-related areas. Over my career, I have written and delivered bespoke shipping courses at international locations, given guidance to shipping companies on media relations and engaged in consultancy work on specific sectors. Virtually all of my outcomes are published work – I take great pleasure in bringing together people from around the world and using their thoughts to create a narrative that can be enjoyed by a wider audience."

"When I finished my degree, the first job that I was offered was with Lloyd’s List newspaper, maritime’s well-respected daily paper. While I hadn’t considered journalism as a career, I have always enjoyed writing. Being able to combine my love of shipping and my enjoyment of writing made perfect sense. I spent six years in a busy newsroom with relentless daily deadlines, which create a sense of urgency in news creation that I’ve found incredibly useful throughout the rest of my career. I left to start a freelance career and have never looked back. I’m fortunate to have had such a great grounding in journalism. "

"I’m a very keen badminton player, playing in the county leagues for a mixed doubles and ladies team. I love the competition and also the camaraderie of a team sport. I also love reading high fantasy books, although finding really good ones can be difficult!"

"When I’m writing and editing my day will be largely spent at the computer in my home office, but when I am information gathering or networking I can be anywhere. In the last two weeks I have been to Houston and London, enjoying dinner at the House of Lords, a conference at the International Maritime Organisation, and presenting Next Generation awards to specialists on a conference stage in the US. It’s the diversity of this job that I love. "

"3.5 A levels1st class BSc Maritime Studies (Hons)"