Experience

UK Home Office

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of East and Southern Africa – International Migration: Africa

  • Dec 2022 - Present

  Head of East and Southern Africa | International Migration: Africa | International Migration Unit | Border Policy and International Migration Directorate | Migration and Borders Mission

• Head of Africa and the Americas – International Returns and Readmissions Policy

  • Jul 2021 - Dec 2022

  Head of Africa and the Americas | International Returns and Readmissions Policy | International Migration Unit | Borders, Visitors and International Migration Directorate | Migration and Borders Mission Responsibilities: management of the Africa and the Americas team, including leading international migration policy and strategy, and briefing directly to HMG ministers; foreign government engagement and negotiations, including through foreign embassy and overseas international delegation visits; ministerial, cross-Whitehall, and UK overseas posts engagement.Temporary relationship management of Middle East and Asia countries (July-October 2021).



Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)

• Senior Policy Adviser – Covid-19 Operations

  • Mar 2021 - Jul 2021

  Senior Policy Adviser | Covid-19 Operations | Corporate Strategy DirectorateResponsibilities: Stakeholder Engagement Lead for the Events Research Programme (Government Covid-19 Response); cross-Whitehall engagement.

• Senior Policy Adviser – EU Strategy

  • Oct 2020 - Mar 2021

  Senior Policy Adviser | EU Strategy | EU & International DirectorateResponsibilities: Ministerial Support; EU Exit Operations Briefing Hub.

• Senior Policy Adviser – Student Migration Policy

  • Feb 2020 - Oct 2020

  Senior Policy Adviser | Student Migration Policy | Border, Immigration and Citizenship System Policy & International (BICSPI) Directorate Responsibilities: Stakeholder Engagement and Cross-Cutting Policy; Child Safeguarding; UK Points-Based Immigration System. Senior Policy Adviser | Student Migration Policy | Border, Immigration and Citizenship System Policy & International (BICSPI) Directorate Responsibilities: Stakeholder Engagement and Cross-Cutting Policy; Child Safeguarding; UK Points-Based Immigration System.



Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Policy Adviser – Innovation Policy

  • Jan 2019 - Feb 2020

  Policy Adviser | Innovation Policy | Science, Research and Innovation DirectorateResponsibilities: International Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF); UK Research and Development Roadmap; cross-Whitehall Research and Development Steering Board Secretariat.

• (Temporary Mobilisation) Policy Adviser – Sectors Briefing Hub

  • Jan 2019 - May 2019

  Temporary Mobilisation (EU Exit related)Policy Adviser | Sectors Briefing Hub | Advanced Manufacturing and Services DirectorateResponsibilities: Ministerial Briefing.



University of Oxford

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Tutor

  • Jan 2016 - Jun 2017

  Oxford Programme for Undergraduate Studies (OPUS) Tutor for overseas exchange students. I designed the ‘Food and the Environment’ course, and taught on corporate involvement in the food industry, US agricultural policy, US and Russian food geopolitics, and the effects of global environmental change on the food system.

• Subject Tutor

  • Nov 2014 - Mar 2016

  Tutor of Geography and the Environment. I held 'Russian agriculture in the global economy' tutorials for students from twelve colleges of the University of Oxford.



Oxford Royale Academy

• United Kingdom
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Teacher

  • Jun 2014 - Jul 2016

  Teacher of the Environmental Science, and Human Geography courses. I also held Leadership and Debating Workshops.

• Course Developer

  • Oct 2014 - Apr 2016

  I wrote and developed two Environmental Science courses, and one Human Geography course.



Alfa Fellowship Program

• International Affairs

• Fellow

  • Mar 2013 - Apr 2014

  A distinguished, high-level international professional development programme that places up to 15 accomplished Americans and Britons in Russia. The Program expands networks of American, British and Russian professionals, develops greater intercultural understanding, and advances international relations. Key experience: intensive language training at RussianLab (Moscow); visiting student at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (Moscow); placement with Cargill Russia (Moscow, Efremov); professional seminars with SMEs and corporate industry; meetings at the UK Embassy (Moscow), US Embassies (Moscow and Tbilisi), Russian Embassy (Washington D.C.), and British Consulate-General (St. Petersburg); and organisation visits, for example, to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), RT News Agency, and Alfa Bank.



Anixter

• United States
• Wholesale
• 700 & Above Employee

• Account Administrator

  • Nov 2010 - Aug 2011

  Full-time, 9 month contract, whilst waiting to attend the University of Oxford. Full-time, 9 month contract, whilst waiting to attend the University of Oxford.



Bridging To The Future

• United Kingdom
• Outsourcing and Offshoring Consulting

• Tutor

  • Mar 2010 - May 2010

  Tutor in GCSE Science and Maths at Shenley Academy, Birmingham. Tutor in GCSE Science and Maths at Shenley Academy, Birmingham.


Keppel Seghers UK Ltd.
• United Kingdom
• Construction
• Process Engineer

  • Mar 2009 - Aug 2009

Epilepsy Society
• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Key Worker

  • Jun 2005 - Aug 2008