Born and bred in the UK, I am a Scot by birthright. Following university in the UK, I joined P&G in Finance and spent 2 years sitting 4 stages of CIMA exams. Once they were all passed I transferred to the Marketing Department which by then I knew to be my passion.

I spent nearly 7 years with P&G working in Haircare (Pantene, Vidal Sassoon, NPD) in the UK and Geneva. I was then headhunted from P&G to become Marketing Director of IPC Media Southbank’s magazine portfolio. After 3 years and an acquisition by AOL Time Warner I left to move to Australia where I joined McDonald’s Australia in a senior marketing role. This journey included being part of a small team of senior executives and ultimately the Board who led the turnaround of the business over a period of about 10 years.

I held the CMO and COO positions over this time. Following this I began a Non Executive career which so far has seen me work with various publically listed companies on the ASX. I am currently the Chair of one company and am a NED on two others. I live in the Southern Highlands, 90mins south of Sydney with my husband and 11 year old daughter. When I am not working or mentoring I am normally to be found on a horse or a tractor!