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London, Gb

London Area, United Kingdom

• Collaborated with Angling Direct to enhance their understanding of the German fishing equipment retail landscape.• Tasked with identifying key improvement areas and investigating the potential for expansion into physical stores.• Leveraged tools such as Semrush, Similarweb, and Google Keyword Planner to gather competitor insights.• Employed R and Excel to visualise, and analyse vast datasets, producing correlograms, violin plots, boxplots, bar plots, and scatter plots to identify key drivers behind competitors' successes and potential opportunities.• Summarised findings and recommendations in an executive summary which informed senior management's decisions on the German market and presented insights and recommendations to the executive team.

Remote

I took on projects as a freelance market researcher in the horticulture and agritech industry around my university assignments. For instance, I conducted research and analysis into an emerging consolidation trend in the floriculture industry for a flower farm based in Kenya.

Nairobi, Kenya

Lima Labs is a pioneering tech startup aiming to bring precision to agriculture using machine learning and AI to generate actionable insights.• Tasked with generating insights that could be leveraged by the team to enhance their product offerings.• Analysed extensive (2015-2020) farm production datasets using Excel and R, focusing on regression and time series techniques.• Merged weather data with production datasets to draw correlations.• Engineered a flexible predictive model achieving 90% confidence, forecasting two-week daily production ranges. • Presented insights to the Lima Labs team, with my contributions subsequently integrated into the company's forecasting systems.• Subsequently tackled a remote research assignment from university focusing on trends in the floriculture market.• Recognized global consolidation trends driven by economies of scale, modern challenges, rising costs, and market shifts.

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

• Balanced full-time work during summer and part-time during university, showcasing strong time management skills.• Consistently delivered high customer satisfaction, honing interpersonal, communication, and teamwork abilities.• Recognised for exceptional performance and leadership skills; offered a managerial position upon graduation.

United Kingdom

Tutored English, maths and sciences to children aged 6-13 during the summer holidays.

Nairobi, Kenya

• Helped develop a business strategy for surviving the coronavirus pandemic and transitioning some camps to solar power.• Repaired various mechanical and electrical issues with cars and assisted in camp maintenance, demonstrating practicality and an ability to learn.

Nanyuki, Kenya

Collected data for several postgraduate projects at an internationally recognized research centre. This involved conversing with high-profile academics which enhanced my capabilities in scientific and professional communication.

Master Of Science - Ms, Plant Biotechnology And Enterprise, Distinction

Activities and Societies: Hatfield Hockey Club, Durham Consulting SocietyA degree focusing on commercialisation in the life sciences run.

Bachelor Of Science, Biological Sciences (Plant Science), First Class Honours

Activities and Societies: Member and Umpire at The University of Edinburgh Men's Hockey Club and chemistry society hockey team.A broad.

A-Levels: Biology (A*), Geography (A*), Chemistry (A)

Activities and Societies: • Head Chapel Warden and House Prefect – awarded colors for upholding school values and mentoring students. •.