Worked with the in-country team to foster relationships with the federal and provincial governments, academia, private sector, civil society and international donors.Coordinated research interactions between policymakers and local and foreign researchers, through facilitating data access and providing logistical support, to help fill evidence-based policy gaps.Interfaced between the in-country team and the IGC London Hub office to manage the IGC bi-annual calls for proposals, track project deliverables, ensure policy impact, create work plans, maintain country budgets and manage local, regional and international events and conferences.Created new research through working with leading researchers and facilitating the dissemination of existing research through writing policy briefs.

Interfaced between US-based research team (i.e., HKS, UCLA, Berkeley-Haas and NYU) and local implementing partners (i.e., SEDCO and DCS Associates) to manage day-to-day communication on design and implementation.Facilitated routine liaison between the research team and local research centers (i.e., IGC and CERP) for intellectual, administrative and logistical support.Supervised field activities, across the outskirts of Lahore, to implement data protection protocols and ensure validity for a total sample of 3,239 households.Developed an Android and ODK based data collection framework to achieve a 108% increase in the response rate.

Managed stipend disbursement component of the Punjab Economic Opportunities Program (PEOP), through applying extensive use of Stata, to reach 4,381 (100%) female programme trainees across Southern Punjab.Developed an in-house system on Stata and Excel to receive, prioritise and resolve stipend-related queries for a total stipend disbursement of PKR 11.2M.Supervised field operations, through daily coordination with implementing partners (i.e., PSDF and RCons), to ensure effective programme delivery and achieve value for money.Performed literature review and market analysis to best design and implement the market linkages pilot intervention.

Managed Punjab-wide business loan operations of Kashf foundation, through developing a web-based B2C payable management application (i.e. ‘Easy Pay’), to process payments worth PKR 66M.Led design and implementation of the ‘Punjab Youth Internship Programme’, through developing a smart card payment system with the IT division, to disburse PKR 1.5B to 50K internees. Assisted the Turkish Government in developing a Kiosk-based e-ticketing system for Pakistan’s first Metro Bus System.Supervised disbursement of cash grants for the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), through remotely managing booths at the affected localities, to disburse EUR 80M in grants.

Provided one-stop consulting to consumer, institutional and wealth management clients, over Windows and DOS platform, ensuring 100% compliance with bank’s policies and MAS guidelines.Liaised with bank’s internal departments and international branches through phone and e-mail to processing 9K record service requests per year.Re-engineered existing processes, i.e., developed a simple-to-use Foreign Currency Calculator, to ensure prompt resolution of time-sensitive issues.Participated in regular ‘Buddying Sessions’ to coach new Analysts on interpersonal communication and multitasking.

Acted as an ambassador for NUS to help the university friend- and fund-raise by means of extensive alumni networking.Motivated a team of nine associates to process donations in the Annual Giving Phonathon - raising SGD 1000K in 2007 and facilitating a 361% increase in 2008.Processed record credit card donations via phone and mail to raise cross-faculty bursary and scholarship funds.Assisted the team lead in training and coaching new associates on systems, pitch and payment processing.