I am a former Privacy & Consumer adviser to the Cabinet Office, Government Digital Service (GDS) on GOV.UK Verify. I advised on data, privacy, consumer rights and the GDPR in UK and European Union.I was previously Head of Identity services at Post Office Ltd where I led large service delivery in identity data and verification services..I have delivered change management and worked with new and evolving target operating models, on BAU to new proposition development, go to market strategies in digital identity services, Data Protection, GDPR, Privacy & Consent and KYC..I am a Board Director of London Mutual Credit Union..I am an experienced policy, privacy, professional with a strong background in policy and stakeholder engagement in education, as Head of Operations at the Careers and Enterprise Company: in welfare reform, working on Flexible New Deal and the Work Programme; in home affairs and politics, in my role as a council of the Hansard Society and as a former Policy Adviser to the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) on detention & ‘Custody Visiting’..I have a PhD in Political Science & Criminology from Loughborough University and a Masters Degree in Modern British Politics from the University of Hull. I studied under the renown academic and Conservative Peer, Professor the Lord Norton of Louth and I was mentored by the former Labour Home Secretary Rt Hon Charles Clarke.
