Hello! I’m Rachel, and I love data.

I work on data with people and organisations who want to make a difference through Data Strategy, Data Governance, Data Management, and Analytics & Insight.

Using product thinking, facilitation, and collaborative problem solving, I work with people at all levels to:
– Define and create resilient organisational data strategies, data governance models and data cultures.
– Deliver products, projects and programmes as a certified agile Product Owner.
– Enhance business decision-making to support change and transformation through visually engaging analytics and insight.
– Build great data products helping users to get things done.

My Experience

I am currently a Product Owner in the Data Office at Experian.

As the Head of Data & Insight Service at UCL, I scaled the analytics team and built key frameworks for implementation of the UCL data strategy.

Before that, I worked at Parkinson’s UK as Head of Supporter Insight where I built an Analytics & Insight function from scratch within the Fundraising Department, later forming a multi-disciplinary centralised team to serve the whole organisation.

My analytics expertise comes from my postgraduate studies in Psychology and Neuroscience, which provided grounding in a range of scientific research methods, advanced quantitative statistics and machine learning techniques. I studied at Birkbeck, University of London which enabled my career change into the data and analytics field. I am now a mentor on Birkbeck’s Mentoring Pathways programme helping final year students plan their next steps.

I started my career in arts management and fundraising. I worked at Wigmore Hall as a senior fundraiser where I gained expertise in different areas of philanthropy: membership schemes, appeals, legacies, major donor, trust and corporate fundraising.

I originally studied music and I love to play cello, piano and sing, as well as dabbling in all manner of arts and crafts.

My wide-ranging interests help me connect ideas and methods from the arts and the sciences . My squiggly career means I’m able to share experiences and lessons learned from the public, private and non-profit sectors. I bring a wealth of data expertise (and love!) to the work I do, as well my perspectives as a creative, a scientist, a coach and someone living with chronic illness.