A law graduate from Queen Mary and Westfield University who qualified as a Solicitor in 1995.

I Worked as a prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in Hertfordshire for 8 years handling the whole range of criminal offences but specialising in fraud and youth crime. I became Head of Youth Justice Coordination between 1998 to 2001 for CPS Hertfordshire.

I Subsequently was promoted to Prosecution team leader covering the Greenwich and Lewisham Areas in CPS London, managing one of the largest teams of prosecutors in the UK.

In a short period of time I again was moved to be a senior policy advisor for CPS with national lead on forensic science, human trafficking, fraud, immigration crime and shaken baby issues.

In 2006 I was given the responsibility to act as one of 6 legal advisors to the Attorney General on criminal law matters. As well as looking at unduly lenient sentence cases, Parliamentary work I was specifically leading for the Attorney Generals Office on human trafficking, corruption and coroner’s consent cases.

Since February 2008 I act as lead advisor for the UK on international negotiations regarding the UN Convention against Corruption and the development of the review mechanism for this convention.