About
Innovator, Strategist and Business Builder
Shaping the Future at the Intersection of Design, Finance, Technology and Society
I am a multidisciplinary innovator and strategist with over 15 years of experience within the banking sector crafting future-focused strategies and creating impactful, transformative solutions. My expertise lies in turning bold ideas into actionable outcomes, blending design-led thinking, cutting-edge methodologies and technology to address complex challenges and build businesses ready for the future.
With a distinction in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art, specialising in Conceptual Art and Installation and a postgraduate in Design and Visual Communication from London College of Communication, I have built a career that seamlessly integrates creativity with business.
At Barclays, I was the first Design Manager, creating and leading the bank’s design and innovation team, introducing human-centered design practices and embedding creative innovation into the organisation’s culture. Over my career, I have designed and delivered future-ready programs that align strategic foresight with practical execution, helping businesses anticipate and adapt to emerging trends while delivering meaningful value to their customers and communities.
Driving Innovation Across Disciplines
At the intersection of finance, technology and society, I specialise in creating and building innovative solutions that are both visionary and practical. My work bridges silos, convening technologists, entrepreneurs, academics, communities and industry leaders to foster collaboration and co-create impactful outcomes. From developing business models to prototyping and testing new ideas, I empower organisations to harness creativity and emerging technologies to simplify complexity and thrive in an ever-changing world.
Envisioning and Building the Future
My approach combines strategic insight with hands-on methodologies, including low-fi prototyping such as Lego Serious Play and STEAM education tools with rapid testing, to transform ideas into actionable solutions that deliver real-world impact. Whether pitching to investors, mentoring startups, or facilitating innovation workshops, I bring a unique interdisciplinary perspective that inspires action and builds value.
From the global stage as a keynote speaker to intimate sessions with venture capital firms and academic institutions, I deliver thought leadership and practical frameworks that drive innovation and growth. My commitment to shaping sustainable futures is at the core of my work, helping businesses and communities align their goals with societal and environmental impact.
With a focus on empowering organisations to unlock creativity, navigate uncertainty and embrace the future, I continue to explore new possibilities at the nexus of design, technology, creativity, play and human connection—building pathways for lasting success and transformative impact.
Systems Installation Art
Multi-disciplinary, experiential
installations at the intersection of technology, finance and art.
Deploying the logical, linear and systematic modalities predominantly found in the domains of the corporate, financial, political and economic. Expressed through algorithms, code, numbers and charts with the expressive techniques of the arts which elicit an experiential, embodied, tangible and sensory representation of complex concepts.
In integrating both modalities of expression, understanding and perceiving information a more sophisticated viewpoint is achieved. Harnessing the full spectrum of human cognition and opening up previously invisible ways of seeing, strategising and prototyping, giving rise to exponential potential of new ideas and systems which are fit for the future.
Complex challenges can be explored through a human-centered lens, more easily identifying root causes to systemic problems, spotting visible and invisible interconnections and identifying levers for change or optimisation. All of which are deeply rooted in human connection and ecological awareness.
Co-participatory and co-facilitatory Think Tanks, Roundtables and Debating Forums Embracing different perspectives and being positively challenged
Multidisciplinary Systems Innovation
Experiential & Immersive Sandboxes with STEAM tools, Lego Serious Play and AI for play and exploration
Co-sensing, Co-creating, Co-envisioning & Co-catalyzing change