Experience

International Trade Centre

• International Trade and Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Trade Strategy Development Officer

  • Jul 2020 - Present

  Geneva, Switzerland Responsible for the development of National Export Strategies for selected developing countries, strategy related methodological updates, and baselines for monitoring and evaluation of key ITC projects. • National Export Strategies: I have extensive experience facilitating the design of national export strategies. This work involves brining together policymakers, trade support institutions, the private sector, and civil society together to discuss trade-related issues and to formulate… Show more Responsible for the development of National Export Strategies for selected developing countries, strategy related methodological updates, and baselines for monitoring and evaluation of key ITC projects. • National Export Strategies: I have extensive experience facilitating the design of national export strategies. This work involves brining together policymakers, trade support institutions, the private sector, and civil society together to discuss trade-related issues and to formulate solutions. I led the design of eleven strategies in sectors ranging from IT services, the creative industries, medical and wellness tourism, and cross-cutting trade support functions such as trade information, trade and investment promotion, and skills and entrepreneurship. This experience has given me a practical understanding of the issues constraining exports and investments in developing countries. • Methodology updates: Leading work on revising and updating tools and methodologies that allow the section to do its work more effectively. Methodologies I have revised include ones for trade information, trade promotion, investment promotion, and trade facilitation. I also lead section retreats and "clinics" to assist colleagues develop their knowledge and skills. • Monitoring and evaluation: Led the establishment of baselines for nine countries in the UK Trade Partnerships Programme Project.

• Trade Specialist, Research and Strategies for Exports

  • Oct 2016 - Jul 2020

  Geneva Responsible for the drafting of multiple reports on SME competitiveness and led multiple firm-level survey efforts in developing countries. • Led the drafting of a background paper for the 2020 G20 Presidency on SMEs and technological disruption. • Coordinated and led the 2019 SME Competitiveness Outlook report which focuses on the SDGs, investment, and SMEs. Managed a team of six authors and statisticians. • Co-authored a chapter in Wiley’s 2020 Trade Policy Handbook. • Led… Show more Responsible for the drafting of multiple reports on SME competitiveness and led multiple firm-level survey efforts in developing countries. • Led the drafting of a background paper for the 2020 G20 Presidency on SMEs and technological disruption. • Coordinated and led the 2019 SME Competitiveness Outlook report which focuses on the SDGs, investment, and SMEs. Managed a team of six authors and statisticians. • Co-authored a chapter in Wiley’s 2020 Trade Policy Handbook. • Led multiple reports on the trade-related aspects of value-chains, trade agreements, investment, and gender and youth empowerment. • Led multiple efforts to collect firm-level competitiveness data in developing countries. Survey partners were national trade and investment support institutions and government Ministries. • Led ITC’s contribution to the 2017 Global Review of Aid for Trade. • Led the drafting and econometric analysis of an ITC Working Paper titled “Do firms benefit from quality-related training activities?” • Contributed to the joint ITC-WTO "Tourism for Sustainable Development in Least Developed Countries: Leveraging Resources for Sustainable Tourism with the Enhanced Integrated Framework" report

• International Consultant, Office of the Chief Economist

  • Jun 2014 - Sep 2016

  Geneva, Switzerland Contributed the development of ITC’s SME competitiveness methodology, the 2015 and 2016 SME Competitiveness Outlooks, and led the development of ITC’s SME Competitiveness Surveys. • Contributed to the drafting of two ITC flagship reports (2015 and 2016 SME Competitiveness Outlooks) • Contributed to reports on SME competitiveness, trade-related standards and regulations, and the 2015 Global Review for Aid for Trade • Contributed to the development of ITC’s SME competitiveness… Show more Contributed the development of ITC’s SME competitiveness methodology, the 2015 and 2016 SME Competitiveness Outlooks, and led the development of ITC’s SME Competitiveness Surveys. • Contributed to the drafting of two ITC flagship reports (2015 and 2016 SME Competitiveness Outlooks) • Contributed to reports on SME competitiveness, trade-related standards and regulations, and the 2015 Global Review for Aid for Trade • Contributed to the development of ITC’s SME competitiveness framework • Led the development of ITC’s SME Competitiveness Surveys product • Contributed to the joint ITC-WTO report "Tourism and trade: A global agenda for sustainable development"



World Trade Organization

• Switzerland
• International Trade and Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern, Division of Economic Research and Statistics

  • Jan 2014 - Jun 2014

  Geneva Area, Switzerland Led an update to the WTO’s global merchandise trade growth model and contributed to the 2014 World Trade Report. • Generated forecasts for individual economies and aggregated results to produce regional and global import and export forecasts (OLS/ARIMA/dynamic regression models; e-views) • Results of this work were published in the WTO’s 2014 global trade forecast press release • Contributed to the drafting of the 2014 World Trade Report



University of Oxford

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD Candidate, Department of Physics

  • Sep 2009 - Dec 2013

  Oxford, United Kingdom Completed a PhD in Astrophysics titled “The Far-Infrared Properties of Radio-Loud Active-Galactic Nuclei Across Cosmic Time”. • Published peer-reviewed academic articles in top astrophysical journals • Four years experience coding in IDL, C++, and UNIX • Presented at international conferences • Gained teaching and laboratory demonstrating experience • Led and presented at outreach events