Curriculum vitae

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

  • Thirty years' editorial experience, in-house and freelance, for a range of non-governmental organisations, charities and academic publishers

  • Excellent editing, writing and proofreading skills

  • Specialist knowledge of environment, health promotion and international development


EDUCATION

1985 to 1986: Centre for Environmental Technology, Imperial College of Science and Technology (London University), MSc in Environmental Technology

1982 to 1985: University of Durham, BSc (Hons) Geography (Upper Second)

1975 to 1982: Camden School for Girls, London, 3 'A' levels, 9 'O' levels


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1991 to present: freelance editor

Regular or repeat clients

  • Active Learning Network for Accountability & Performance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP)

  • Africa Progress Panel

  • Barnardo's

  • British Library

  • Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD Centre), Geneva

  • Children’s Trust

  • Directory of Social Change

  • Development Initiatives

  • Earthscan Publications

  • Family Planning Association

  • Forest Research

  • HelpAge International

  • Health Education Authority (later Health Development Agency)

  • Healthlink Worldwide

  • Humanitarian Futures Programme (King's College London)

  • International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

  • King's Fund

  • Martineau & Co.

  • Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

  • Panos Books

  • Routledge

  • Royal Mail

  • Tsunami Evaluation Coalition (TEC/ODI)

  • United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

  • World Health Organization (WHO)


Example projects or publications

Delivering Climate Resilience Programmes in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Areas (2019), Overseas Development Institute (copy-editing)

Annual Report (2019), Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (rewriting and copy-editing)

2019–2020 Global Nutrition Report (2020), Development Initiatives (development editing and copy-editing)

Royal Mail Special Stamps 2019: Along These Lines, Royal Mail (editing and proofreading)

Climate Action in Figures 2018 (2018), German Federal Government and Martineau & Co. (proofreading and copy-editing)

Acquired Brain Injury in Children: A Handbook for Parents (2013), The Children’s Trust Tadworth (substantive editing)

Progress despite Adversity: Women’s Empowerment and Conflict in Colombia (2015), Growth, Poverty and Inequality Programme, Overseas Development Institute (copy-editing)

Early Outcomes of Climate Finance in Kenya: Case Study of Seven Investments Funded by the County Climate Change Fund Mechanism (2019), Overseas Development Institute (copy-editing)

September to December 2019: Managing Editor (part-time), The King’s Fund, an independent charity and think-tank publishing reports, working papers and blogs on health and social care in England.

December 2001 to May 2003: Publishing Editor (part-time), Barnardo’s, a UK children's charity, editing and managing the production of books and information materials on families, child protection, domestic violence, child refugees and asylum seekers.

January 1991 to April 1992: Lecturer (part-time) and deviser of the course, Environmental Studies, US Degree Programme, Huron University, London.

March 1988 to January 1991: Editor (full-time), Appropriate Health Resources and Technologies Action Group (AHRTAG, later HealthLink Worldwide), an international health development charity. Responsibility for planning, research, commissioning, writing and editing for quarterly newsletters, books and reports.

January to March 1988: Research Assistant (three-month contract), Imperial College Centre for Environmental Technology (commissioned by the Department of the Environment).

January to April 1988: Lecturer (four-month contract) and deviser of the course, Environmental Studies, US Degree Programme, Huron University, London.

March to November 1987: Researcher and Writer of Health in Developing Countries, a book for use in schools at sixth-form level. Commissioned by Hobsons Publishing.

September 1986 to March 1987: Research Assistant (six-month contract), Open Tech Project for Pollution Control. Researching, editing and proofreading distance-learning materials.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Tax status: registered self-employed (schedule D)