Experience

Development Initiatives

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

• Capacity & Capability Developer

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  As a Capacity & Capability Developer, I manage a diverse portfolio of technical experts and am responsible for coordinating programme and consultancy resourcing. I align staff objectives with the organisation's strategy and vision, and support their medium- to long-term skills development, learning and professional growth.

• Senior Analyst

  • Jan 2019 - Dec 2022

  I led DI's research and analysis around nutrition and its financing, including for the Global Nutrition Report which highlights progress in combating malnutrition, identifies gaps and propose ways to fill them. I also managed DI's data on climate finance which is used across multiple grant and consultancy projects.Responsible for designing and delivering variety of research products for external clients and internal grant-funded research programmes. Translating quantitative and qualitative evidence into actionable information for key partners and audiences, using database resources such as the OECD DAC Creditor Reporting System, International Aid Transparency Initiative and UN OCHA’s Financial Tracking Service. Also responsible for engaging with research and policy audiences to communicate data findings, exhibit Development Initiatives’ work and connect with other researchers and various decision-makers.Selected consultancy work:- The Brookings Institute (Forthcoming) Ending Rural Hunger: Humanitarian Background Paper (contributing author)- International Food Policy Research Institute (2015) Global Nutrition Report 2015: Actions and Accountability to Advance Nutrition and Sustainable Development (contributing researcher)- DFID/Development Initiatives (2015) DFID’s aid spending for nutrition: 2013 (author)- UNDESA (2015) Improving ODA allocation for a post-2015 world (contributing author)- DFID/Development Initiatives (2014) DFID’s aid spending for nutrition: 2010–2012 (author)- International Food Policy Research Institute (2014) Global Nutrition Report 2014: Actions and Accountability to Accelerate the World’s Progress on Nutrition (contributing researcher)Selected programme work:- Development Initiatives (2015) Investments to End Poverty 2015 (contributing author)- Global Humanitarian Assistance (2015) Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2015 (contributing researcher) Show less

• Analyst - Nutrition and Climate Change

  • Dec 2013 - Jan 2019

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2013 - Nov 2013

  Assisting the Global Humanitarian Assistance programme researchers, analysing data from a variety of sources to calculate and analyse the breakdown of humanitarian assistance flows across countries and regions. Managing web-based visualisations and other online content.



The Global Nutrition Report

• United Kingdom
• International Trade and Development

• Lead Analyst

  • Mar 2018 - Dec 2021

  The Global Nutrition Report is the world’s foremost account on the status of malnutrition around the world. Each year, it acts as a stock take on the world’s nutrition – globally, regionally, and country by country – and on efforts to improve it. It tracks progress on global nutrition targets, ranging from diet-related non-communicable diseases to maternal, infant and young child nutrition. The Global Nutrition Report is the world’s foremost account on the status of malnutrition around the world. Each year, it acts as a stock take on the world’s nutrition – globally, regionally, and country by country – and on efforts to improve it. It tracks progress on global nutrition targets, ranging from diet-related non-communicable diseases to maternal, infant and young child nutrition.