Consola is an external relations and membership expert. She is experienced in building long-term and high profile corporate and government partnerships for membership organisations as well as creating new commercial opportunities in the private and public sector.
Responsible for our international partnerships strategy, Consola is fundamental in stewarding the ESU’s global community with a focus on our shared values: the power of shared language and global friendship.
Before joining the ESU, Consola was Head of External Relations and Development at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, with responsibility for the end-to-end management of the IISS’s corporate members and sponsors. Prior to this she ran the external relations functions in a global association of universities as well as professional associations of management consultants and Michelin-starred chefs. Consola is also a governor at her local primary school.