Experience

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  Coldstream guards band

  Sept 1992 - Sept 2008

  Principal horn (musician - sergeant)

  - Received 3 promotions within this organisation each with increasing responsibility and duties these included:• Junior Management: Responsible for teams up to 15 personnel.• Coaching & Mentoring: Develop & empower subordinates in career specific roles.• Administration & Projects.• Merchandising, Website & Social Media.• Graphic Design/Photoshop/Souvenir programs and CD covers/insert slips for international tours.

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  University of salford

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2006

  Student
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  Royal military school of music

  Sept 2008 - Jul 2011

  Bandmaster course (sergeant - staff sergeant)

  Selected from pool of 800+ personnel to attend an intensive 3 year accelerated graduate promotion program to become a senior manager. Developing leadership, people & project management skills and shaping course content for future managers.

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  Light cavalry band

  Jul 2011 - Dec 2012

  Capability and development manager

  Provided leadership, direction, managed expectations whilst encouraging culture change during a period of major restructuring of this unit and of all Army bands following strategic review. This included managing a 70% reduction in staff and a change to the primary role of the band.

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  British army

  Jul 2011 - Sept 2015

  Capability and development manager

  Responsible for the leadership, line management & development of a team of 46 personnel of varying experience. The role required me to develop and manage projects, facilitate training and CPD, manage and deliver bi-annual appraisals, identify and develop internal talent and act as a central hub for all welfare and equality & diversity issues.

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  Royal regiment of scotland band

  Dec 2012 - Sept 2015

  Capability development manager
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  Lowland band - 6 scots

  Oct 2015 - May 2018

  Director of music

  Senior manager for 33 professional reservist musicians. Responsible for delivering against a wide ranging and high profile public engagement diary and ensuring career development in a unique environment.

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  Standard life uk

  May 2016 - Jan 2018

  Capability development manager

  Capability development and line management for a cross functional matrixed team consisting of analysts and developers within UK Change & IT. Develop and shape the culture and behaviours to assist and enable our goal of becoming a high performing department in a fast and process driven environment, whilst balancing project delivery needs with the right skills required for delivery.

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  Abrdn

  Jan 2018 - Jun 2024

  Security & Resilience awareness and support including operational enablement for Security & Resilience department covering Cyber, Information Security, Operational Resilience and Physical Security. Lead for people and financial enablement, with the specific remit to reduce the human element of risk (including Insider) for the organisation. This involves designing and delivering threat lead interventions, targeted communications, presentations and Phishing campaigns and monitoring to raise awareness and test knowledge for all colleagues. Using various industry sources to assess the leading trends and research to inform and design impactful and meaningful content, breaking down complex topics into easily understandable and actionable communications for all levels of the business. Show less

  • Head of Security Enablement & Awareness

    Jun 2022 - Jun 2024

  • Head of Business Management

    Jan 2018 - Jun 2022
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  Newcastle university

  Jun 2024 - now

  Senior cyber security officer