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United States

School Of Professional And Continuing Education

Co-instructor on Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership, focusing on how to take a venture from idea to launch.

Leadership and communication skills specialists, using experiential learning techniques for high engagement and high impact.

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Program design and delivery for workshops and bootcamps in NYU Abu Dhabi's startup accelerator cohorts. 3-4 cohorts/year, 200+ entrepreneurs to date. Topics include customer discovery, B2B sales, value proposition canvas, business model canvas, go-to-market strategies, team building, and investor pitching.

Supivaa brings together a network of global experts and advisors specialized in impact investment for women's inclusiveness and gender lens. Supivaa works with entrepreneurs in every stage of their development, getting them investor-ready and facilitating impact investment. Supivaa also works with impact investors and funders (VCs, institutional investors, foundations, funds, DFIs, government-entities, family offices, and HNWI) to carry out their investment theses and initiatives, and their committments to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and ESG funding aims and objectives.

Seattle, Washington, United States

Volunteer professional advisor to student consulting team for local small businesses. Projects are aimed at strengthening operations, growing profits.

Dubai

Adjunct professor in AUD's Mohammed Bin Rashid School For Communication, teaching on the intersection of new media and business and the impact of new media on society.

Colombia, Ecuador, Dubai, Tanzania, Kenya, Other

Abu Dhabi - New York University Abu Dhabi Venture Launchpad- Training sessions on customer segmentation and customer discovery - Mentorship and advisory for Emirati entrepreneurs(Various locations) - Mövenpick Hotels and Resorts- Conducted innovation training workshops for top executives as part of regional training programs. Colombia - RutaN innovation agency for the city of Medellìn - Conducted analysis of existing startup ecosystem - Created a framework for the recommended strategic initiatives fro ecosystem strength - Identified projects, funding needs, and linkages to achieve export and job creation goals Tanzania- Growth Strategy Consultant, Private Equity Fund - Designed 100-day strategy plan for local market tea company - Supported business units request for additional funds, linking them to specific projections - Advised investors on growth opportunities and organisational capabilities and weaknesses Dubai - Independent - Developed first ever database of startup resources - Conducted in-depth study with key influencers on the startup ecosystem - Advised Aikku Associates mobile money specialists on growth strategy and fundraisingEcuador - KIWA Life - Developed portfolio decision-making framework - Advised on M&A opportunities - Conducted feasibility study on a new business line - Developed a pricing model and capacity-based cost model - Conducted Bus. Dev. activities at industry eventsKenya - Volunteer Consultant, Technoserve - Performed strategy analysis for the Kenyan dairy processing industry - Developed 4 new priorities for the industry and areas of focus to drive growth across the value chain and add to the country’s GDP through exports - Presented findings and aligned support among industry leaders

Istanbul, Moscow, Dubai, Johannesburg, Capetown

1) Long term growth and product development strategy for domestic payments company in the Middle East2) Google-commissioned study on policies and regulations that affect tech entrepreneurship in six countries in the EMEA region. Project included analysis, in-person interviews with stakeholders in the public and private sector.

Women-able is an entrepreneurship program powered by Grow.Me to empower women in business across the UAE. Offering business skills, confidence-building, feedback, growth, mentoring and development assistance, the program gets women-led businesses to the next step.

Co-author of several publications on digital health, the UAE startup/SME ecosystem, and collaborations between corporations and startups. WRL is the leading research and data center for Middle Eastern entrepreneurship, serving as the research arm of an organization devoted to developing entrepreneurship in MENA (Middle East and North Africa).

Uae

Anthemis Group are leaders in technology-led financial services (fintech) and fintech disruption. Through venture capital investment, advising incumbents and government on business models of the future, and puttting the people and teams in place to lead the financial services firms of tomorrow. Projects have included: - Developing a portfolio of innovation projects for the innovation head of a major European bank - Serving as part of a working group for the UK government's publication on the future of fintech - Writing an industry white paper on trends in the merchant acquiring and payments) industry - collaboration with Bain & Co. - Collaborating with Santander bank to identify the next wave of trillion-dollar-fintech opportunities

Corporate strategy and internal consultancy role, responsible for delivering special projects to the CEO, market and competitive analysis, and aligning the business units to corporate strategic priorities.

London, United Kingdom

Strategy consultancy, working chiefly with financial services and pharmaceutical firms. Projects included corporate/ business unit strategy, changing the organizational structure and embedding a performance management framework, mergers and acquisitions strategy, and business development pitches.

Formerly Telerate, the role was responsible for issues resolution in billing and contracts of largest financial data services clients. Negotiation and client managment skills led to multi-million dollar settlement that increased the purchase price of the acquisition by Reuters.

Researcher (junior analyst) on the technical analysis desk, reporting into a Senior Analyst. Responsible for analysing sector and stock price movements, trend analysis, and monitoring the portfolio of 250 stocks for key changes.

Developed business seminars on marketing topics such as viral marketing, customer segmentation, and database marketing. Fully responsible for seminar P&L including total revenues, content, speakers, marketing, and onsite coordination.

The department conducted consumer demographic research to bolseter current and prospective client pitches. The role coordinated data-gathering, secondary research analysis, and marketing video production.

Mba, International Business

B.A., Psychology- Social, Consumer

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