Team size: 14

What are the key projects that you have been involved in over the past 12 months?

Over the past 12 months, I have worked on key projects with Ankura Consulting Group, a global firm of over 2,000 professionals in over 35 locations delivering services such as turnaround and restructuring, cybersecurity and data privacy, digital forensics, risk and change management, and dispute resolution; Aerobility, a UK charity that enables the disabled community to experience flight through specially adapted aircraft while promoting education and advocacy; BSI, the UK’s national standards body that develops and publishes technical standards to regulate behaviour, ensure safety, and promote excellence; and O Shaped, a movement dedicated to improving the legal industry for those working in it, using it, and joining it.

What do you think are the most important attributes for a modern in-house counsel to possess?

A modern in-house counsel must go beyond legal risk management to act as a strategic partner to the business. This requires commercial awareness to align legal advice with industry context and business goals, a problem-solving mindset to deliver practical and actionable solutions, and strong communication skills to translate legal complexity into clear guidance. Agility and adaptability are essential in responding to rapidly changing laws, markets, and priorities, while cross-functional collaboration ensures legal issues are identified and addressed early across all areas of the business. Ethical judgment and integrity remain central to safeguarding reputation and values, and digital and tech savviness is increasingly vital in navigating challenges such as data privacy, cybersecurity, and AI. Ultimately, the most effective in-house counsel balance legal expertise with business acumen and trusted advisory capabilities.

What is a cause, business or otherwise, that you are passionate about?

I have been a Trustee and Board Secretary for the UK charity Aerobility for the past year and am passionate about and inspired by their mission and the work they do which changes lives by providing the disabled community access to the magic and wonder of flight.

The charity’s ability to bring flight to people with any disability whether physical, learning, or mental is about far more than aviation. It’s about restoring confidence, expanding horizons, and igniting a sense of possibility they may have thought lost.

The charity has grown steadily since 1993 to now supporting nearly 1,000 disabled flyers annually with a fleet of adapted aircraft and operating out of 4 airports across the UK. With the help of a team of dedicated volunteers, they fundraise, advocate for all aspects of disabled aviation, build and maintain a flying fleet of adapted aircraft, (re-)train aspiring disabled pilots, educate schoolchildren about science, technology, engineering, aviation and all allied careers, which they might aspire to in the future. For those unable to access the airfield, volunteers created a unique online virtual flying school, providing taught lessons within the client’s home.

This unique charity helps breakdown barriers and misconceptions around those in our community with altered abilities, helping them to achieve their full potential in life.

To me, this is more than voluntary service, it is a privilege to help contribute to a mission that empowers people to reimagine their limitations, elevate their aspirations, and experience the life‑changing magic of flight. It’s even inspired me to commence training for my private pilot’s licence to be able to further support the work of the charity.