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London, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

- Writing the sustainability strategy for the Health and Work team, including a carbon emissions audit and a policy analysis on how to reduce emissions throughout our working practices; with the aim of creating a 20% year-on-year reduction in emissions.- Engaging in a variety of quantitative analytical tasks, such as using financial models to assess the government’s newly announced 100,000 additional IPS places.- Managing cross-team stakeholders to produce bids for multi-million contracts from government departments including the NHS and DWP.- Engaging in various working groups to improve both internal and external business practices, including the Race Equity Working Group, the Wellbeing Working Group, and the Sustainability Working Group.- Creating a Knowledge Management tool for the IPSG Team. This will act as a single source of truth for key documentation on how Individual Placement and Support is actioned across England.

London, England, United Kingdom

- Managed the day-to-day operations of the Institute, through the formalisation of Human Resources processes, organising board meetings, and improving IT systems. This includes doing a strategic review and upgrade of the Institute's cybersecurity system, through the installation of Mobile Device Management.- Facilitated the updating of the Institute's Pensions for Impact programme. I am doing so by coordinating different stakeholder groups to provide updated feedback, as well as analysing our case studies for pertinent insights to improve the programme.- Shadowed the Institute's work around the Just Transition Finance Challenge programme. This aims to bring about a socially just transition to a more sustainable world, with a focus on the Global South.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

- Coordinated the development of the Sustainability Reporting Manager, a tool which helped organisations manage Key Performance Indicators across their ESG targets and investments. - Developed guidance for over 2000 ESG indicators, from frameworks including SASB, GRI, TCFD, NGER, SFDR, the EU Taxonomy, PRI, and SECR.- Shaped the building and distribution of the Value Chain Module, which helped clients assess the ESG credentials of entities outside their operational control, including in their investment portfolio.Influenced IBM’s approach to Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas emissions, with a particular focus on Category 15 emissions, also known as financed emissions.

Worked to connect the next generation of thinkers to the world of international affairs, through Chatham House's Current Futures Initiative.

- Conducted an ex-post assessment of the International Finance Corporation’s Africa Leasing Facility II, which included doing leasing market assessments in 15 countries in Africa.- Engaged with the European Union on building an initial framework for a biodiversity finance program around the ‘Blue Economy’.- Gauged program success as part of a Program Completion and Review process for the World Bank’s Financial Inclusion Support Framework. This involved assessing the spread of telecommunications technology as a means to promote digital wallets in eight African and Asian countries.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

I worked full-time as a waiter over the summer between my second and third year of University. I learned valuable skills, including teamwork, working under stress, and taking direction from management.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

I worked as the secretary, and second in command, for student society Economics for Change. I was in charge of all logistical matters, primarily organising events, as we pushed for a more holistic economic curriculum at the University of Edinburgh.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

I worked as a waiter at The Honours throughout my second year of University, where I learned valuable skills such as teamwork, working under stress, and taking direction from management.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

I completed a project for social enterprise Wild & Kind doing a CMI-accredited course in consulting. I led a team of six in analysing the financial situation of Wild & Kind, focusing on grant applications, client relationships, and quantitative and qualitative analysis.

Edinburgh

I completed a research project on the global implications of China’s Belt and Road Initiative for the School of Economics faculty in my first year of University.

Greater Philadelphia Area

In my penultimate year of high school, I worked for a non-profit law firm, contributing to a project to end solitary confinement for juveniles. My role was to transcribe interviews from detainees about the traumatic effects of solitary confinement.

Master Of Science - Ms, Development Economics And International Development

My dissertation is focused on the social and political impacts of off-grid solar in Mozambique. My focus within my modules has been.

Ma Economics And Politics, Economics, Upper Second Class

Activities and Societies: Lead Consultant at Freshsight Secretary at Economics for ChangeMy dissertation was a regression discontinuity.

Exchange, Economics And Politics

Completed an Erasmus year abroad at LUISS Guido Carli in Rome, taking courses in both political science and economics.

High School Diploma