Snapshot CV >> Download Full Biography/CV 1971 Born in Cornwall 1989 Became Britain’s only female ships’ figurehead carver 1989-91 Manchester Metropolitan University – History of Art & Design BA (Hons) 1990 Buffalo State University, New York – Creative Leadership 1991 Royal Military Academy Sandhurst – TA commissioned officer 1992 CIA Media Solutions – Media buyer 1992 Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) qualifications 1993-95 Price Waterhouse Coopers (Coopers&Lybrand) – Marketing professional 1995-97 Moore Stephens Chartered Accountants – Marketing Manager 1997 Taylor Woodrow - Artist in Residence 1997-98 City and Guilds School of Art – Woodcarving and gilding 1998 London’s Historic Battleship HMS Belfast - Artist in Residence 1999 Founded The Company of Carvers Ltd – An international art agency 2000 Joined the Professional Speakers Association 2003 Became Britain’s largest supplier of art to the Queen Mary 2 cruise ship 2003 Resigned from the Territorial Army Media Operations Group 2003-04 UCE Business School – MSc Entrepreneurship (Distinction) 2005 Winner of the ABS UK Business School Student of the Year for CSR 2005 Co-founded Gig-Arts™ 2006 Joined the Association of Sustainability Practitioners 2006 Silver Award for Gig-Arts™ – British Female Invenors & Inovators Awards 2007 Launched the first Gig-Arts™ in schools event