Responsible sourcing programmes of chocolate companies have failed the stress test
Farmer poverty cannot be addressed through corporate commitments or investor dialogue with chocolate companies. A governance post-mortem drawing on four years of active ownership work inside the cocoa supply chain - and on a 2023 internal report that was written before the crisis and never published.
Active Ownership in Asset Management
Chapter 6 in a Springer volume on sustainable finance, produced as part of a Women in Sustainable Finance project. Covers the practice, limits, and future of engagement-based stewardship in institutional asset management. Launched at Hiltl Academy, Zürich, May 2026.
When the System Was Tested, It Failed
A five-part governance post-mortem on the cocoa supply chain crisis. Framed as institutional failure analysis, not data update. Based on fieldwork from seven years covering commodity supply chains, including time in Vietnam, Uganda, and Cote d'Ivoire.
Part 1 - The Forecast · Part 2 - The Stress Test · Part 3 - The Post-Mortem · Part 4 - What Good Looks Like · Part 5 - Proof of Concept
Subie Goes South
A middle-grade novel narrated by Subie, a Subaru Forester. The true story of a 30,000km drive through ten African countries over 17 months. For ages 12-14. All 21 chapters drafted.
I moderate panels the way I think conversations should work - with genuine curiosity, a light hand, and a willingness to go somewhere unexpected if the room is ready for it.
I am a native English speaker with an Irish accent, which turns out to matter more than I expected. It creates warmth without effort, it makes people comfortable before anything substantive has happened, and I use that.
My background is in finance and sustainability - a decade in asset management, four years in ESG, fieldwork across African supply chains, and a running obsession with the gap between what institutions say and what they do. I bring that knowledge into a room without wearing it. The best moderation is invisible, the moderator disappears and the conversation becomes the thing.
I also run a school meals charity in Uganda, which has taught me more about governance, trust, and getting things done with limited resources than any boardroom I have ever sat in. I find that people relax when they sense a moderator has actually lived something rather than just studied it.
I have a sense of humour, I deploy it carefully. A room that laughs together thinks together.
I am currently developing my moderation practice - building the specific skills that make the difference between a competent moderator and a genuinely useful one. Question architecture, silence management, the ability to redirect without humiliating, and pre-event research that goes deep enough to matter.
If you are organising a panel and want a moderator who will take it seriously, do the preparation, and make your speakers feel both challenged and comfortable, I would be glad to talk.
Panellist - Sustainable Asset Management and Active Ownership Book Launch
Hiltl Academy, Zürich. Panellist as a contributing author, discussing active ownership practice and the limits of ESG frameworks in institutional asset management.
Workshop Facilitator - Imagining 2038: Jobs the Transition Forgot
Climate Week Zürich, GreenBuzz Community Hub. 12 participants. 90-minute participatory session using The Adjacent framework.
Co-founder, CFO, and Secretary of an Irish registered charity funding a school meals programme in Uganda. Currently serving several hundred children daily. First corporate partner secured 2026. Governance framework rebuilt 2025-2026.