Experience

Centre for Disaster Protection

• United Kingdom
• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Of Operations

  • Sep 2021 - Present



War Child UK

• Trustee

  • Dec 2018 - Present



DAI

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Principal and Co-Lead, Governance Practice

  • Nov 2020 - Sep 2021



Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

• Non-profit Organizations
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Director of Programmes

  • Jun 2017 - Nov 2020

• Head of Project Design & Evaluation

  • Mar 2017 - Jun 2017



Tony Blair Faith Foundation

• Head of Project Design & Evaluation

  • Jun 2016 - Jun 2017



Department for International Development (DFID)

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Deputy Team Leader, MENA Strategy & Policy Team

  • Oct 2015 - Jun 2016

  Policy Adviser and Deputy Head of the Strategy, Policy and Partnerships team in DFID's Middle East and North Africa Division. Responsible for developing and leading better evidence-based policymaking and programming for the MENA region across key cross-cutting themes: migration and refugees, humanitarian assistance, stability, gender, youth and inclusive economic growth. Geographic focus includes the Levant, North Africa and the Gulf.

• Programme Manager for Adolescent Girls

  • Jan 2014 - Oct 2015

  Designed, implemented and managed DFID DRC's first standalone gender programme (La Pépinière), which aims to economically empower adolescent girls and young women in Kinshasa. The programme established a hub for generating research, sharing knowledge and influencing programme design relating to gender in DRC, including capacity building of girls as peer-to-peer researchers.



UK Government's Stabilisation Unit

• United Kingdom
• International Affairs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Strategy Adviser

  • Jun 2013 - Oct 2013



Department for International Development (DFID)

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Hemand PRT Deputy DFID Rep & Deputy Team Leader Socio-Economic Development

  • Dec 2012 - Jun 2013

• Helmand PRT Programme Coordinator

  • Feb 2012 - Dec 2012



Cabinet Office

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Policy Adviser to the Committee on Standards in Public Life

  • Sep 2010 - Feb 2012

• Private Secretary to Minister without Portfolio

  • Jun 2010 - Oct 2010



Department for International Development (DFID)

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Stakeholder Relations Manager

  • Oct 2009 - Jun 2010

• Office Manager, Secretary of State's private office

  • Jun 2007 - Oct 2009



Pinnacle Entertainment

• Kent, UK

• Sales Rep & Digital Coordinator

  • Jan 2003 - Jun 2007

  UK-based record label and distribution company that represented over 400 labels. Now defunct. Parent company: Windsong International. UK-based record label and distribution company that represented over 400 labels. Now defunct. Parent company: Windsong International.