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Auckland, New Zealand

Responsibilities include:- Leading economic analysis and research aimed at deepening understanding of the distributional and sustainable impacts of trade for New Zealand. - New Zealand's delegate to the OECD's Working Party of the Trade Committee.- Analysing and reporting on impacts of global economic developments for New Zealand exporters.- Co-authored a published OECD paper on New Zealand’s trade and gender experience—the first such review by the OECD.

Wellington, New Zealand

Responsibilities included:- Senior member of the team advising on and coordinating the Government’s annual Budget, the main vehicle for public spending and investment decisions.- Leading advice on Budget packages in the economic development, international, and innovation sectors, taking into account strategic priorities, cost-benefit analysis, and achievability of investment proposals.- Helped shape the introduction of wellbeing analysis and the Treasury’s Living Standards Framework to Budget allocation decisions for the first time.

Auckland, New Zealand

Responsibilities included:- Providing expert economic and policy consulting services to public and private sector clients.- Undertaking evaluations and reviews of Official Development Assistance programmes, including carrying out fieldwork in developing countries. - Preparing economic impact assessments of policy decisions and events.- Advising on organisational strategy, including decisions relating to strategic alignment, outsourcing, and business unit performance.

Co-founded and ran My Thingymabob, a business that brings children's imaginations to life by transforming their drawings into custom-made soft-toys and 100% New Zealand woolen rugs. In its first year-and-a-half of operations it sold to customers in China, Australia, Singapore, New Zealand, Canada, and Taiwan, and was featured in TimeOut Beijing, Urban Family Shanghai, and City Weekend magazines. My Thingymabob is now under new ownership.

New Zealand Embassy In Beijing, China

Responsibilities included: - Leading research and analysis on China’s economic policy priorities, industry developments, and environmental policies. - Developing infographic formats to better present and analyse New Zealand-China bilateral trade flow data. - Organising visit programmes for New Zealand and Chinese Ministerial delegations and coordinating networking functions for Beijing-based stakeholders.

Wellington, New Zealand

Responsibilities included: - Providing advice and analytical support to the Chief Executive and Executive Leadership Team on a range of issues in economic policy and state sector management. - Secretariat to the Treasury senior leadership group, including contributing to development of governance processes for the second-tier leadership body.

Canberra, Australia

Responsibilities included: - Lead liaison for New Zealand Treasury during Australia's G20 presidency. - Member of New Zealand ministerial delegations to G20 and APEC Finance Ministers' Meetings. - Authoring key note speeches for the Secretary to the Australian Treasury and Australian Treasurer on international economic policy and the geostrategic outlook. - Providing advice on bilateral and multilateral international policy, including development of the Australian Treasury's international engagement strategy.

Wellington, New Zealand

Responsibilities included: - Leading advice on the Government's fiscal strategy and investment priorities, including modelling interactions with macroeconomic conditions. - Conducting research on economic and fiscal developments, including co-authoring a published Working Paper on the drivers of New Zealand's yield curves. - Lead Treasury author of a marquee annual publication on the Government's fiscal strategy and Budget priorities. - Lead analyst and liaison for Treasury's relationship with the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, including providing advice on financial and governance matters.

Wellington, New Zealand

Responsibilities included: - Preparing commercial and financial advice on the government’s portfolio of social assets and state-owned enterprises. - Initiating and leading policy work to strengthen legislative requirements for government asset management and reporting.

Wellington, New Zealand

- Led a research project and cross-departmental discussion group on macro-financial stability risks to the New Zealand banking sector from the Global Financial Crisis.

Bachelor Of Commerce (Hons), First Class, Economics And Finance

Awards and scholarships: 2010 - University of Auckland Graduand Scholar 2010 - University of Auckland Honours/Masters Scholarship 2010.

Specialist Certificate In Economic Design, High Distinction

Completed an executive education program designed to bring economic practitioners up-to-date with recent developments in microeconomics..