I am a clinical; ac academic who has traversed midwifery academic and clinical practice, have served Higher Education Institutions for a decade and a half and have been a midwifery practitioner for over three decades. I currently serve as Senior Consultant Midwife, Midwifery Ambassador, NHS Leadership mentor, Personalised Care Institute Ambassador, and RCOG Teaching Fellow. As a midwifery Ambassador, my passion is to enhance and promote midwifery practice at local, national, and international levels and to continue to develop and nurture the next generation of midwives. My specialism lies within Breech and External Cephalic Versions, complications during childbearing, Continuity of Care, Complex Birth planning, haemoglobinopathies, maternal mental health and interplay of culture in health, Personalised Care Plan support, wellbeing during childbearing.

As a Race Equality matters Trail Blazer Judging panellist, I have responsibility for reviewing the evidence organisations have submitted on Trail Blazer applications and to determine whether they are making impactful strides for race equality.

It was a privilege to be called to serve as a panel member to Her Majesty's Inspectorate Constabulary (HMIC) in issues of 'Honour' Based Violence, including Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation (FGC/M) and Forced Marriage. I have also been a panel member on media forums discussing haemoglobinopathies, FGC and religious matters. In similar vein, the Department of health via Institute of Health Visiting sponsored me to write a guideline on strategies for combating Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation (FGC/M) for Health Visitors.

I remain active in research and currently serve as Principal Investigator for National and Global research projects that Royal London Maternity Unit engages in and have served my previous Trust as Principal Investigator for various National and Internal Research projects. As an author, I have published and contributed chapters in midwifery and nursing textbooks as well as published widely within and beyond midwifery. As an aspiring researcher, I also teach in these areas I am experienced in research project supervision at BSc, Master’s degree and postgraduate levels.

As an NHS- trained Mentor, I currently serve as NHS leadership Academy mentor for NHS staff in senior leadership positions.

As a former academic, I have also served within Higher Education Institution for a decade and a half as an Educator and a mentor for aspiring academics.

In the recent past, I have served as an internal Earned Autonomy reviewer for the Nursing Midwifery Council as well as LSA Academic support for midwifery staff on supported and supervised practice on numerous occasions.

My aspiration is to continue to be a flag bearer for midwifery and to serve at regional, national, or international arena as a health ambassador.