25 years’ experience in starting and growing social enterprises and charitable organisations.

Founder of The Melting Pot – Scotland’s Centre for Social Innovation – a coworking business which opened in 2007, and is a pioneer in the worldwide coworking movement.

Founder of the Coworking Accelerator Network – promoting, developing and providing practical resources for leaders of quality Coworking businesses globally.

Directly supported 80 new non-profits to be created through our incubator of ‘Good Ideas’.

Awards: 2016 – inaugural ‘Social Enterprise Ambassador’ (Scotland), 2017 – shortlisted for Woman in Social enterprise (UK).