When Tina was Public Relations adviser for Muller she was very involved with the local community and became a founder member of the Taste of the Town Co. For the best part of a decade she spent her time commuting from London. She was intent on building relations between Muller and the local community. She still sees the strengths of local communities a positive reflection of the quality of life on a small island. She was really taken by the Grove school, the enthusiasm of the staff and the strong bonds with the local community. She helped with the bid to become a specialist language college and saw the Library as a focal point of the town and helped to organise various displays there. She set up her own company four years ago.

Tina grew up in Herefordshire and has a life long interest in the food and the natural environment. One of her earliest memories is visiting Great Grandparents farm in Ireland and being mesmerised by the cutting of peat and the lack of electricity and running water. Her family moved to London when she was in her early teens. She left school and worked as secretary in the editorial department of a woman's magazine.

She then moved to work as a researcher and information officer for Capital Radio's Kidsline. This was a service to let families know what was going on in London. This was part of a radical approach to public services and was part-funded by the GLC. Tina then moved on to a small public relations agency that had a mix of high profile clients. She worked with a range of household brands and food retailers.

Within her own company Tina has built a range of small, medium and large clients and an extensive data-base of media contacts. She has a number of clients working in the fresh food produce area. Tina has drawn on her extensive issues management experience to handle publicity for big events where risk is involved. Her clients include people undertaking extreme sports such as micro-light flying, rowing the Atlantic and crossing the Antarctic. She is also developing a business to business market, working for organisations such as model agencies. Tina enjoys gardening but has failed in her attempt to grow vegetables successfully. She watches over her shrubs with great care.