Francesca is an experienced Corporate and Commercial Counsel with over 20 years of experience working in-house with businesses of all sizes including GE, GE Capital, Universities Superannuation Scheme, Reckitt Benckiser plc and Westfield.

Over the past 10 years, she has been involved  as a mentor for sixth form students, secretary to various charitable organisations and Chair of the Refugee Rights Europe charity. Through her legal expertise, she has developed strong governance skills and is generally responsible for ensuring strong governance frameworks are established and implemented within the businesses or charities that she is involved with.