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Bangkok City, Thailand

Leading M&E for Australia’s regional investment supporting the development of quality infrastructure with Southeast Asian governments and ASEAN.

Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia

Led strategy, design and implementation of program Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning, and Knowledge Management.PROAKTIF is the latest phase of Australia's long-term partnership with the Indonesian Government to reduce poverty through support to the National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction (TNP2K).

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Delivered a lapsing program evaluation of the State's private investment attraction incentive programs.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Managed MEL for the $1.4bn Solar Homes Program. Co-developed the MEL framework and managed its implementation

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Led a team delivering M&E for the $100m Incentive Fund IV infrastructure grants program. As a member of the Senior Management Team, co-led strategic planning and reporting to GoPNG and GoA.

Canberra, Australia

Coordinated evaluation and reporting activities on Australia's ODA program to the Philippines

Tarawa, Kiribati

Diplomatic posting. Oversaw a $60m annual ODA portfolio including the Kiribati Facility/Skills for Employment Program; labour mobility schemes; MDB roads, water, and sanitation projects; and climate change initiatives.Transitioned Kiribati' participation in the Microstates-Northern Australia Worker Pilot to the Pacific Labour Scheme.

Canberra, Australia

Coordinated DFAT's private-sector engagement and innovation agenda in Australia's ODA program in Indonesia.

Canberra, Australia

Quality assured Australia's aid investments across the Asia-Pacific and delivered DFAT's design training at Australian missions around the region.

Canberra, Australia

Developed M&E policy for the Australian aid program. Delivered DFAT’s M&E training at missions across the Asia-Pacific. Co-drafted the first Performance of Australian Aid report (2015).

Canberra, Australia

Designed the inaugural National Indigenous Conference in Alice Springs, a professional development event for FaHCSIA's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees from around Australia. Recognised with a staff award for professionalism.

London, Tbilisi, Beirut, Rabat, Maputo, Kampala, Kyiv

Managed M&E systems for a cutting-edge partnership of political parties, the House of Commons clerks department, the National Audit Office, Thomson Reuters Foundation, the International Bar Association and the University of Essex.

London, Cairo, Beirut, Sana'A

Managed grants to civil society organisations across the MENA region. Coordinated parliamentary strengthening activities in Egypt, Lebanon and the UK, working closely with the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Bangkok

Delivered a report on the potential impact of HIV prevention interventions for women and young girls in Thailand.

Ba (Cantab), Ma (Cantab), Oriental Studies

Final year thesis in post-war Japanese history

Master Of Evaluation, (First Class Honours)

Final paper on evaluating a program expanding rice cultivation and consumption in rural Papua New Guinea.

Emerging Managers Program

Japanese Language Program

Gce A Levels