A freelance HR & Talent professional working with a range of travel and tourism companies as well as UK Director for the Global Travel and Tourism Partnership (GTTP) - an industry-supported program to foster future talent and tackle the global skills shortage. We start new programs in countries that need and deserve it, helping the programs become government supported and part of the established national curriculum, and then step back into a supporting role to the national and local educational systems. I'm also a Director and the Chair of Education & Training for the Institute of Travel & Tourism facilitating ways of promoting and developing links between education and industry and helping raise professional standards in the sector. In 2009, I founded ITT Future You - a unique initiative supporting, developing and encouraging existing industry talent and fostering next generation talent by showcasing opportunities and providing advice and tips for success.