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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• End-to-end development, execution, and management of Financial Crimes Country Risk program providing geo-political intelligence, analysis, and material on risk issues impacting RBC's global operations; Including: terrorist-financing, money-laundering, sanctions, fraud, bribery and corruption, tax avoidance/evasion, organized crime, high risk sector analysis etc.• Production of Country Risk Assessments and annual cycle to set Country Risk Ratings that define the bank's risk appetite.• Ensuring that changes in global legal and regulatory regimes are accounted for in all country risk deliverables.• Ongoing risk monitoring to take proactive measures, reduce exposure and understand risk tolerances.• Partner and share intelligence with internal teams and RBC wide business units to make informed decisions about risk factors.• Providing ongoing management and oversight responsibility of List Management to ensure all jurisdictions and platforms are appropriately scanning against relevant and up-to-date lists, and meeting regulatory requirements.

Toronto, Canada Area

The Global Risk Observatory (GRO) is a student organization that monitors traditional and non-traditional qualitative risks to the public-sector, private-sector and civil society. As an affiliate of the Master of Global Affairs Students' Association at the Munk School of Global Affairs, we seek to cultivate the expertise and professional competencies of our peers by publishing original content, facilitating debate, hosting events, and conducting industry outreach. ​Threats and opportunities in a globalized world are multifaceted, border-less and indiscriminate. Our approach hinges upon the diversity of identity, expertise and opinion at the GRO, and we are committed to building an inclusive environment for all our members.https://www.globalriskobservatory.com/

Toronto, Canada Area

• Worked with a team to manage end-to-end production of Industry Review reports for all the major industries that Scotiabank invests in.• Partnered with internal stakeholders to research, identify and evaluate emerging global risks, industry outlooks, climate change risks, economic indicators, regulatory/geopolitical issues impacting the industry, and key risk factors facing the industry.• Designed guidance document and rubric to assess Scotiabank’s industry specific exposure to climate change risks. Climate risk considerations were subsequently incorporated into all Industry Reviews.• Researched, advised and produced insights on topics for quarterly Executive Board reports on major global market themes. (E.g. Disruptive impacts of 5G technologies.)

Toronto, Canada Area

• Geopolitical and reputational risk analysis in relation to Scotiabank clientele and operations.• Serving as a subject matter expert on customer risk, anti-money laundering (AML), terrorist financing, financial crimes, along with the bank's exposure to geopolitical and reputational risks.• Enhanced Due Diligence processes.

Toronto, Canada Area

The Egmont Group is a united body of 152 Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs). The Egmont Group provides a platform for the secure exchange of expertise and financial intelligence to combat money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF). This is especially relevant as FIUs are uniquely positioned to cooperate and support national and international efforts to counter terrorist financing and are the trusted gateway for sharing financial information domestically and internationally in accordance with global Anti Money Laundering and Counter Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) standards.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Analyzed the evolution of China's domestic policies towards State Owned Enterprises (SOEs), along with the dynamics associated with SOE political, economic, and managerial functioning.• Collaborated with a team to identify and evaluate the range of risks faced by Canadian public and private actors looking to invest and trade with Chinese SOEs.• Investigated and evaluated the impact and intricacies of Chinese SOE reform policies under President Xi Jinping.• Outlined policy recommendations through which to aid EDC identify, categorize, and hedge against the range of risks that emerge during economic engagements with Chinese SOEs.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Researched the weaponization of space through the Cold War.• Analyzed US and Soviet/Russian military policies in relation to the role that the weaponization of space has to play in support of other key military operational domains (land, air, water, cyberspace) and its use in developing Cross Domain Deterrence (CDD) systems.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Political risk analysis for Scotiabank's global operations, with a focus on assessing global geo-political and security threats that endanger the bank's physical assets.• Conducted open source intelligence research, produced country level threat assessments, travel advisories, weekly global risk briefs, and monthly regional reports that were disseminated across the bank. • Scotiabank is Canada's third largest bank by deposits and market capitalization and serves over 23 million customers in over 55 countries around the world.

Toronto, Canada Area

The Journal of International Law & International Relations (JILIR) is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal that fosters interdisciplinary discourse at the nexus of international law and international relations. In promoting critical, informed, and interdisciplinary debate on international affairs, the JILIR provides a forum for the advancement of knowledge, ideas, dialogue, and dialectic in both International Law and International Relations.The JILIR was founded in 2004 as a joint venture between the Faculty of Law and what is now the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto.

Toronto, Canada Area

Monitored, evaluated, and produced a report highlighting South Korea’s climate change commitments made at the 2014 G20 Summit. Report to be published globally in Antalya, Turkey on the eve of the 2015 G20 Summit in November.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Researched the scholarship of important anthropologists on a range of key anthropological works to be published in the International Encyclopedia of Anthropology, Wiley-Blackwell Publishers.

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Managed CJDS database of authors, peer reviewers, and articles to facilitate ease of information access. • Conducted copy-editting, citation, and formatting checks during the journal’s pre-production stages.• Assisted senior editors in designing and implementing marketing strategy to increase the journal’s academic visibility.

Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada

• Elected by department student body and charged with the management of ISSA finances.• Served as a liaison between the ISSA and the International Studies department.• Communicated with the International Studies department and faculty about the needs of the student body;• Planned and implemented new ideas (classes, talks, workshops), as well as organized events sponsored and run by the ISSA in conjunction with the department.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Simon Fraser University (Vancouver, Canada)

• Responsible for the management of residence events as well as ensured the implementation, operation and maintenance of Residence rules and norms. • Managed an area of residence consisting of 40 students and conducted programs related to Residence wellness and community building. • Administered functions related to Community Study Spaces and also liaised with department staff in order to maintain an academically and socially healthy residence area.

Canada

The Hidden Transcript is a student-run publication that focuses on current events and international affairs. Its mission is to provide a multi-disciplinary and comprehensive look at the issues that are poised to shape the world. By drawing upon a range of disciplines and emphasizing a multimedia focus, The Hidden Transcript seeks to create an analytical perspective in an accessible style where global issues can be explored and discussed.

Burnaby, Bc, Canada

Engineers Without Borders creates opportunities for rural Africans to access clean water, generate an income from small farms, and have improved access to the services and infrastructure they need to improve their lives. Our aim is rural development, poverty alleviation and sustainability.

International Security Forum

• Assisted in the editing of International Security Papers for publication on Turkish Foreign Policy, Neo-Ottomanism, Cypriot Security and diplomacy under the guidance of Dr. Yiorghos Leventis (Director at the ISF) in Nicosia, Cyprus. • Published articles on global security topics for the International Security Forum.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Collaborated in a team to organize and facilitate over 10 seminars and presentations on issues pertinent to Malaysian environmental sustainability and awareness for local schools, NGOs, and universities.

Milan, Italy

Synthesized project dossiers, concept notes, and proposals for funding medical missions in Sri Lanka, Colombia and Afghanistan.

Master Of Global Affairs (Mga), Risk Governance, Security And Defense, Policy Analysis

Activities and Societies: Journal of International Law and International Relations

Bachelor Of Arts Honours (With Distinction), International Studies: International Security And Conflict

Activities and Societies: International Studies Student Association, Confluence, Hidden Transcript Thesis: R2P and Libya: Reconciling.

Ib Diploma