Long-term internship at IPIECA, the global oil and gas industry association for environmental and social issues, working in the secretariat on Social Responsibility and Reporting.In this role I have facilitated cooperation between 40 oil and gas companies, requiring skills in consensus building and conflict management, overhauled IPIECA's internal statistics and written multiple publications on behalf of this global industry association.

Interned at this political risk consultancy. In this role I analysed geopolitical issues to identify risks and opportunities for FTSE 100 clients, created a business development plan targeting 60 new FTSE 250 companies and carried out corporate due diligence for pitches, helping to secure several new clients.

Led a decades old student political debating group, arranging topics and chairing discussions, during which time I doubled the society's membership and increased our budget by 300%. I initiated a new series of alumni-speaker events, organising funding, managing the events and securing speakers, including Sir John Scarlett, A.C. Grayling, Bill Emmott and Chris Huhne.

Interned in the Moldova office of this international NGO. Work included redesigning the NGO’s funding strategy, identifying 15 new revenue sources and developing 161 expert contacts. I also wrote and published a thematic briefing on minority education for a network of 1000s of social-work professionals in 10 countries across South East Europe.

Conducted statistical data analysis as part of a research team working on violence against children in Kenya, Ghana and Mozambique.