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- Supervised and coordinated source inquiry led due diligence investigations into hundreds of subjects worldwide;- Worked with clients to understand the nature and purpose of their enhanced due diligence requests, developed comprehensive project plans to address these needs, and communicated and collaborated with internal teams to deliver results;- Collaborated with the U.S. and international sales team members to develop comprehensive proposals for clients to understand and identify key risk issues including bribery, corruption, political exposure, regulatory, legal and reputational risk, across dozens of jurisdictions;- Specialized in bespoke and discreet inquiry driven reports in a variety of jurisdictions and languages, including Turkey, Namibia, Azerbaijan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Tunisia, Lebanon, Cote D’Ivoire, and Benin;

• Researched, developed, composed and compiled in-depth, research-based narrative reports for clients including banks, international financial institutions, Fortune 500 companies and Goverments of Sovereign States;• Utilized human intelligence sources to identify money laundering, corruption or political exposure in Gulf Cooperation Council Countries and multiple Sub-Saharan African jurisdictions;• Specialized in bespoke and source inquiry driven reports in a variety of jurisdictions including Azerbaijan, Saudi Arabia;• Developed and proposed new processes to improve internal efficiency and improve the distribution of work across offices;• Supported onboarding new vendors for human intelligence, analyzed risk matrices of new vendors.

• Used public records, proprietary databases and media sources to compile detail-oriented, client specific risk analysis reports;• Led a workshop on conducting source-based investigations in jurisdictions with limited publicly available information;• Extensively utilized open source intelligence tools, drawing on sources in Arabic, Turkish, French and Azeri to identify and analyse a complex and diverse array of subjects in areas including the EU, Africa, Middle East and North America.

- Assistant teach Intensive Beginning Arabic 1 & 2. - Track attendance, grade and correct homework providing feedback.- Hold office hours to help students with grammar and other problems.- Assistant teach Introduction to Islamic Civilization, setting and grading exams and papers.- Independently teach language and history classes 1-3 times per week.

- Provided in depth research reports on books and articles relevant to the history of Turks, Turkish language and culture throughout the Islamic World. - Research covered topics including the impact of language on state building, inter-communal relations and population transformation on governance, culture and history. - The material provided will contribute to a future monograph on the history of the Islamic World to be published by Professor Tamara Sonn.

- Organised, planned and taught English courses to Lebanese and Syrian students of all ages and abilities. - Developed a program for teaching introductory IT skills to refugees without prior IT experience. - Contributed to organisation of peace building activities between Lebanese and Syrian communities in the diverse province of Akkar. - Developed and planned small-scale economic development projects for the benefit of Syrians living in 'Akkar. - Developed close contact with some refugee communities in 'Akkar to ensure that the NGO could provide for their needs as much as possible. - Organised and coordinated distributions of donated clothing among the NGO's beneficiaries in 'Akkar.- Provided simultaneous translation between English and Arabic in meetings, translated documentation between Arabic & English.- Cooperatively planned and conducted a workshop on human rights.

Participant in a summer internship program focussed on US-Arab relations, particularly in the Gulf region. The program included twice weekly academic seminars and weekly site visits around Washington D.C.• Work placement at the Office of the Special Representative of the Syrian Coalition to the United States;• Extensive translation of documents from Arabic into English for internal and external dissemination.• Translation of grant proposals from charitable NGOs working inside Syria into English for submission to the United States Government.• Planning and organizing meetings with US Government staffers on relevant committees.• Producing background papers on members of Congress relevant to Coalition efforts in Congress.• Updating, editing and managing elements of Syrian Coalition US Representative Office website.

• Responsible for the organizing and running of twice-weekly Arabic language conversation hours for second-year William & Mary students.• Prepared material for discussion and reviewed presentations with students in preparationfor class.