Monica has over 16 years’ experience designing and managing publicly funded projects to support small and medium-size businesses (SMEs) survive and diversify, increase their innovation capacity, explore their international potential, and grow. She has a particular affection for social impact projects that support SMEs to enter big supply chains and wide experience in supporting under-served business communities such as ethnic-minority, disabled, young and women-owned businesses. Monica is very familiar with Government and EU management requirements after managing multiple ERDF programmes and others funded by Department for International Trade, Greater London Authority, Enterprise Europe Network, Innovate UK and BEIS.
Prior to joining Newable, Monica has a blended experience in the private and public sector, having worked in the fashion, knowledge management and industrial lighting industries as well as being a Trade Adviser for the Commercial Office at the Spanish Embassy in Singapore.
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