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Manager of the KwaZulu-Natal Regional Branch (2013 – 2015)• Managing shareholder of the KZN branch of Urban-Econ’s national network, with a staff composition of 12 professional and two administrative staff.• Key skills and activities include business development (proposal development and quotations), management of staff and workloads, quality control, company development (regional and national business planning, AGMs), client liaison and account management, and financial management (management accounts review, cash flow management).Senior Development Economist (2011 – 2013)• Senior level economist responsible for management and training of junior and middle-level economic development professionals and facilitation of over 40 projects.• Key skills and activities include report and research oversight and quality control, staff mentoring and training, strategic policy and strategy development, management of stakeholder engagement and facilitation processes (including workshops, seminars, focus groups and interviews), sectoral and value-chain analysis, implementation planning, monitoring and evaluation, institutional and operational assessments, and client liaison. Development Economist (2008 – 2011)• Development economist responsible for undertaking primary and secondary research and report writing, with over 2000 primary surveys and 60 research reports undertaken.• Key skills and activities include primary research (interviews, surveys, and focus groups), secondary research and analysis (data mining and analysis, policy and strategy reviews, and literature reviews), development and delivery of presentations to clients, and report development in various focus areas such as socio-economic impact assessments, property market analysis, feasibility studies, sectoral and value-chain assessments, business planning, local economic development, spatial economic development strategies, financial modelling and cash-flow forecasting, and business plan development.