About Me

Design and transformation leader with over 20 years’ experience in Experience Design, Service Design, User Research and Customer Experience Management. I specialise in elevating design maturity, embedding user-centred ways of working, and shaping end-to-end experience strategy that drives business, customer and operational outcomes. I work closely with senior leaders to align product, design and technology functions, build capability, and integrate research and design into agile delivery at scale.

Education

University of Westminster 1998

BSc(Hons) Cognitive Science

AI, Neuroscience, Psychology, Philosophy of Mind, Psychopharmacology

XLA Institute 2025

Experience Management and XLAs Foundation

Experience Level Agreements (XLAs) and associated frameworks.

Reforge 2019

Reforge Growth Series

Growth training from the best

Pink Elephant 2024

ITIL 4 Foundations

Understanding ITIL 4, the latest iteration of the Technology standard

Work & Experience

Oxford University Press (OUP) 11/11/2024 - 12/12/2025

Transformation Consultant

Designed and led design-thinking-based concept sprints to accelerate product discovery and decision-making. Standardised sprint approach, created reusable templates, and trained teams in operating the method. Developed a Strategic Portfolio Management framework to align strategic decision-making, market insight and product investment. Achievements: Reduced product development timelines by 6+ months; improved collaboration and clarity of product direction.

bp 07/05/2021 - 12/20/2024

Customer Experience Consultant

Co-developed and embedded a design maturity framework across bp’s global design ● ● ● community. Led an enterprise-scale research programme on GenAI adoption, shaping value measurement and deployment strategy. Introduced a global Voice of the Customer programme, embedding insight into governance forums to drive action. Built a customer-centricity maturity model for 1,500 IT services, including toolkit, playbook and capability uplift. Achievements: NPS +38 points in 2 years; exceeded internal design maturity targets; improved experience governance and insight-driven decision-making.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment 12/01/2020 - 07/02/2021

Customer Experience Consultant

Conducted enterprise-wide CX maturity assessment, shaped CX strategy and governance model. Established CX as a leadership priority and secured senior buy-in for long-term initiatives. Achievements: Shifted senior leadership mindset from resistance to advocacy and sponsorship of CX.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment 06/01/2020 - 11/30/2020

Lead Service Designer

Led strategic service design to define future experience and operating model for two key product lines. Scoped transformation workstreams and defined investment required to deliver. Achievements: Secured agreement to scale from a 4-week to a 12-week programme; shaped multi-million-pound transformation case.

HSBC Global Commercial Bank 11/11/2019 - 05/29/2020

Customer Experience Consultant

Led global research across 5 countries to define CX needs and inform a CX vision for the bank.

Skills/ Technologies

Creating clarity from complexity
100%
Experience design & management
Service Design
User Research
Stakeholder engagement
Product management
User Experience
Customer Experience Management
Journey mapping
Collaboration through workshop design and facilitation
Organisational alignment
Measurement selection and data collection