Experience

CodeBrave

• Lebanon
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Director & Co-Founder

  • Jun 2018 - Present

  Powering Lebanon’s next generation with tech skills. Teaching >1,000 children across Lebanon annually. Deloitte Fast50 Impact Award in the Middle East. Our aim is for young people to have the skills and agency to change their futures, and the future of Lebanon. See more at codebrave.org. Powering Lebanon’s next generation with tech skills. Teaching >1,000 children across Lebanon annually. Deloitte Fast50 Impact Award in the Middle East. Our aim is for young people to have the skills and agency to change their futures, and the future of Lebanon. See more at codebrave.org.



CodeBrave Tutors

• United Kingdom
• E-learning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director & Co-Founder

  • Dec 2020 - Present

  CodeBrave's revenue generation arm, CodeBrave Tutors, provides online coding and robotics tutoring to children internationally with a "one-for-one" model: every coding class purchased funds a class for a child in Lebanon. Featured in WIRED startups of the future. Non-Profit Business of the Year 2022 (ClubHub). All teachers are trained on our STEM.org accredited curriculum and educational psychology-informed teaching methodology. See more at codebravetutors.org. CodeBrave's revenue generation arm, CodeBrave Tutors, provides online coding and robotics tutoring to children internationally with a "one-for-one" model: every coding class purchased funds a class for a child in Lebanon. Featured in WIRED startups of the future. Non-Profit Business of the Year 2022 (ClubHub). All teachers are trained on our STEM.org accredited curriculum and educational psychology-informed teaching methodology. See more at codebravetutors.org.



UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency

• Switzerland
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Information Management Officer (P2)

  • May 2017 - Oct 2018

  ► Data analysis for various UN reports, including VARON 2017 (key annual report on cross-sectoral vulnerabilities of Iraqi, Sudanese and other non-Syrian refugees in Lebanon) https://reliefweb.int/report/lebanon/vulnerability-assessment-refugees-other-nationalities-lebanon-2017) ► Facilitated multiple data analysis workshops, including spearheading a series of inter-sectoral field-level discussions for the major annual Vulnerability Assessment of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon (VASyR). ► Designed and managed roll-out of collective shelter mapping app to track vulnerabilities of residents and inform programming. ► Technical advice on statistical sampling and assessment methodologies, including an internet-of-things temperature monitoring study. Show less



Integrity

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

• Research Manager

  • Aug 2016 - May 2017

  ► Data analysis, research and monitoring for donor governments on largest security & justice program in northern Syria. ► Gave in-person and written briefings on conflict dynamics to European ambassadors and senior diplomats.► Ran analysis and training workshops in Arabic with groups of Syrian field officers.► Managed production of and wrote bimonthly reports based on qualitative and quantitative data collected across multiple communities.► Designed qualitative research tools for key informant interviews and focus group discussions.► Led ad hoc research projects on security and justice environment.► Developed new data analysis system using Kobo/Excel; significantly improved efficiency and objectivity of team's reporting. Show less

• Research Analyst

  • Sep 2015 - Aug 2016



Oxford Islamic Banking and Finance Society

• University of Oxford

• Co-Founder and President

  • Sep 2012 - Jan 2015

  ► Founded as part of an interest in ethical alternatives to conventional finance and the socially responsible principles of Islamic banking. Led committee of 12 members. ► Inaugural event, led by Baroness Warsi, was attended by 200 people and reported on 15 online media outlets including an editorial in The Gulf Times. Other events included highly-respected Islamic finance specialists such as Farmida Bi, Tarek el-Diwany and Harris Irfan. ► Secured sponsorship from KPMG, Norton Rose Fulbright, EIIB and Gatehouse Bank. Created website and branding; ran three social media sites. ► Published article on differences between Islamic Finance in Iran and Middle East in The Islamic Banker. Show less



J.P. Morgan

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Associate

  • Jun 2014 - Sep 2014

  ► Summer association on the European Equity Sales team. ► Offered a full-time position. ► Summer association on the European Equity Sales team. ► Offered a full-time position.



Merrill Lynch

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern - Private Wealth Management

  • Sep 2013 - Sep 2013



NECB sal (SARADAR Group)

• Lebanon
• Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern - Private Banking

  • May 2013 - May 2013



Solo Pizza

• Bath, England, United Kingdom

• Waitress

  • Sep 2010 - Sep 2011



Beau Nash Pub

• Bath, England, United Kingdom

• Bartender

  • Sep 2010 - Aug 2011



Goldman Sachs

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern - Private Wealth Management

  • Jul 2010 - Jul 2010

  Two weeks shadowing Andrea Ruggeri. Endorsement from AR: “you made a long lasting impact with your ‘business principles’ idea”, subsequently recommended by management for international use. Two weeks shadowing Andrea Ruggeri. Endorsement from AR: “you made a long lasting impact with your ‘business principles’ idea”, subsequently recommended by management for international use.