Melissa is a highly experienced HR Professional, Coach and Counsellor, with over 13 years of varied experience working for large corporate organisations within recruitment, development, talent, partnership and programme management. Melissa’s experience sits across a breadth of industries including engineering, energy, telecommunications, and the legal sector. Melissa has a passion for helping others develop to their full potential.

Melissa began her career managing Assessment Boards of candidates for the UK Parliament. She then moved into a role with a London law firm in property acquisition and into the public sector. Melissa then worked in the corporate world to design from scratch, develop, manage and operate Graduate Schemes at Vodafone and EDF Energy. She has a wealth of experience designing end to end assessment and selection processes, and working with and supporting young professionals as their Coach whilst on their Graduate Schemes and beyond.

Most recently, Melissa worked within Corporate Social Responsibility, leading on the engagement of young people during their school years onwards, managing high profile partnerships, in particular promoting the benefits of developing employability skills by taking part in social action, through EDF Energy’s partnership with the HRH The Prince of Wales’ Step up to Serve campaign.

Melissa has a degree in Classical Studies from King’s College London, a diploma in Counselling, and a teaching qualification. Melissa has a passion for coaching, for working with graduates and for the English language. She is keen to share her in-depth knowledge and experience through her role at Mandarin Consulting.