Experience

Madami

• Germany
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Strategy

  • Jan 2019 - Present

• Co-Founder, Chief Research & Innovation Officer (formerly Menstrual Health Hub)

  • Jan 2017 - Jun 2021

  The MH Hub promotes connection and collaboration across the female health space in order to strengthen collective impact around women and girl's empowerment and development. As a social enterprise and not-for-profit, the MH Hub seeks to catalyse innovative approaches and build a vibrant eco-system of investors, social enterprises, donors, NGOs, researchers and advocates invested in advancing female health.Working around 4 pillars of engagement (research, education, policy and innovation), the MH Hub works to broker relationships and foster new financial, social and political investments in menstrual health, and the femtech industry more broadly.Responsibilities include:• Knowledge management: Managing the Menstrual Health Hive team of to collect, curate and catalogue research, policy, education and learnings, and innovations in the menstrua/female health space; creating and implementing research projects• Strategic and organisational development: Developing strategic plans; creating internal structures and policies; building a ToC; supporting business model development and supporting• Fundraising and partnerships development: Developing fundraising proposals, cultivating new partnerships (donor, corporate, and community level); managing new projects• Providing consultancy services: Qualitative research, menstrual health audits and evaluations, technical advice on programme development and strategic advice to investors on femtech innovations- Designing and facilitating design sessions and capacity building workshops



UNICEF

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Impact Mentor (UNICEF Innovation Fund)

  • Sep 2021 - Present



Independent Consultant

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Gender Specialist (Investment and Innovation)

  • Jul 2021 - Present

  Current Assignments:- DAI: Facilitator for design sessions of TA Facility for leading DFI- Malala Fund: COVID-19 Initiatve and Investment Mid-Term Review consultant- Resultsin Health: Team Lead on Endline Evaluation of WISH2ACTION programme in South Sudan and Uganda Current Assignments:- DAI: Facilitator for design sessions of TA Facility for leading DFI- Malala Fund: COVID-19 Initiatve and Investment Mid-Term Review consultant- Resultsin Health: Team Lead on Endline Evaluation of WISH2ACTION programme in South Sudan and Uganda



Integrity

• Bangladesh
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Technical Expert, Gender and Inclusion (GESI)

  • Jul 2020 - Apr 2021

  Major Projects include:- GESI Expert/Researcher on third-party monitoring for the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund- GESI Evaluator for the Prosperity Fund Major Projects include:- GESI Expert/Researcher on third-party monitoring for the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund- GESI Evaluator for the Prosperity Fund



Criterion Institute

• United States
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Gender-Lens Investing Specialist

  • Nov 2018 - Jul 2020

  - Designing and implementing a variety of gender-lens and impact investing related projects- Developing and facilitating trainings around finance as a tool for social change, and gender-lens investing for private and public investment funds- Working with investors and innovators to implement a gender-lens across their investment portfolios and product development- Providing strategic advice and thought leadership in the area of gender-lens investing to private equity funds, investors (commercial, angel, and impact), sovereign wealth funds, philanthropic foundations, and financial institutions, -Working with asset holders, risk managers to understand and implement gender as material risk to investment decision-making- Identifying and implementing gender-lens strategy in portfolio development and management including: designing investment thesis, pipeline development, deal construction, negotiating terms, advising portfolio companies, raising capital, compliance and benchmarking.- Training and upskilling investment teams in large scale impact investing firms on gender-lens operationalisation across their portfolios (eg Latin America, East Africa)- Consulting with financial intermediaries and impact investors in terms of strategic gender-lens investments(Experience working across: climate finance, supply chains, agriculture, female health, GBV)



The Gender Project

• United States
• Public Policy Offices

• Consultant

  • Dec 2016 - Nov 2018

  Through independent consulting, in partnership with Watipa, and through the MH Hub, I conduct consulting assignments. My expertise includes: gender and inclusion strategies, gender-lens investing and WEE, SRHR and femtech, and GBV.Highlights include:• Royal Commonwealth Society: Gender Facilitator (Sri Lanka); Youth Engagement Advisor (UK)- Developing and facilitating gender advocacy training for young people across Asia-Pacific region- Providing strategic guidance to mainstream youth engagement into multi-country progamme• Private Corporation- Providing strategic advice around new femtech innovations, investment opportunities and gender-lens investing across the femtech space• DFAT & Criterion Institute- Co-facilitating with Criterion Institute a 3-day female health and social enterprises workshop with Australian and Pacific Islander participants to develop a new female health enterprise eco-system in the region• University of Melbourne (Department of Education) , Gender Researcher- Gender review of VCE English curriculum research project • IPSOS Australia: Researcher- Providing research support on National Programme Evaluation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme• UNAIDS: #Uproot: Mobilising young people in the HIV response- Developing and implementing a large, cross-country, qualitative research study to better understand youth groups and youth engagement on HIV and AIDS issues• International Development Law Organisation: Communications Consultant in Heath, Law and Human Rights - MENA and Latin America regional HIV evaluation programme review• UN/World Bank: Sustaining Peace: Making Development Work for the Prevention of Violent Conflicts - Flagship multi-country study on preventing violent conflict through development policies- Completing the Malawi case study: Academic and grey literature review; conduct primary interviews



Amble Maps

• Co-Founder

  • Dec 2017 - Apr 2018

  Amble is a navigational app that provides personalised safety routes for women. A zinc.vc business, I am one of the founders of Amble who worked to develop the idea, conduct market research and user testing, develop the brand, build a protoype and community around the product for phase one of the business. Amble is a navigational app that provides personalised safety routes for women. A zinc.vc business, I am one of the founders of Amble who worked to develop the idea, conduct market research and user testing, develop the brand, build a protoype and community around the product for phase one of the business.



Zinc VC

• United States
• Hospitality

• Entrepeneur-In-Residence

  • Oct 2017 - Mar 2018

  • Selected as 1 of 54 Founders (out of 800 applicants) to enter the Zinc Transformer Programme (social misson incubator/accelerator), where founders build scalable, and sustainable solutions to improve the emotional and mental health of women and girls through digital technology • Selected as 1 of 54 Founders (out of 800 applicants) to enter the Zinc Transformer Programme (social misson incubator/accelerator), where founders build scalable, and sustainable solutions to improve the emotional and mental health of women and girls through digital technology



International AIDS Society

• Switzerland
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 100 - 200 Employee

• AIDS 2016 Global Village Liasion

  • May 2016 - Jul 2016

  -Supporting the community and civil society component of the International AIDS Conference held in Durban, South Africa, 2016 - Designing workshops- Coordinating and managing the onsite programme including exhibition booths, sessions, networking zones, art exhibits, cultural performances. -Supporting the community and civil society component of the International AIDS Conference held in Durban, South Africa, 2016 - Designing workshops- Coordinating and managing the onsite programme including exhibition booths, sessions, networking zones, art exhibits, cultural performances.



Simavi

• Netherlands
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights Project Officer

  • Sep 2014 - Feb 2016

  • Managed and implemented multi-country, multi- partner projects from rights-based approach in Malawi and Tanzania:- Supported implementation and monitoring of projects and programmes- Managed financial budgets and payments- Monitored projects and programmes and preparation of reports from partners and to donors- Visited local partners to monitor projects- Managed partner relations (NGOs, consultants, embassies, government etc)•Policy and proposal development •Responsible for conducting gender audits, assessments, and actions plans•Focal point for Sexual and Gender Based Violence and Menstrual Hygiene expertise areas for Simavi programmes.• Contributed to the development of successful programme and funding proposals including two five year multi-partner, multi country SRHR programmes of €8 and €29 million • Programme coordinator for the Unite Against Child Marriage Alliance: coordinated Dutch partners, local implementing partners in Malawi and India, reporting to Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs , M & E• Developed and delivered training sessions on SRHR related topics

• Professional Development Workshops Coordinator, AIDS2014

  • Sep 2013 - Aug 2014

  • Project planning and implementation of conference workshops (science, leadership and community) including the preparation of work plans and key milestones • Coordinated the development of interactive, capacity building workshops particularly among developing country and early career health workers and researchers • Event planning and logistical management on large-scale • Managed staff members • Project planning and implementation of conference workshops (science, leadership and community) including the preparation of work plans and key milestones • Coordinated the development of interactive, capacity building workshops particularly among developing country and early career health workers and researchers • Event planning and logistical management on large-scale • Managed staff members



UNAIDS

• Switzerland
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Resource Mobilisation Officer

  • Jul 2012 - Jun 2013

  •Drafted quarterly and annual reports •Managed the implementation of a two year European Union grant including the creation of work plans, monitoring matrix, program implementation, and financial reporting •Strengthened internal and external communications capacity of UNAIDS : e-newsletters, website, twitter, press releases•Capacity building NGOS and civil society •Drafted quarterly and annual reports •Managed the implementation of a two year European Union grant including the creation of work plans, monitoring matrix, program implementation, and financial reporting •Strengthened internal and external communications capacity of UNAIDS : e-newsletters, website, twitter, press releases•Capacity building NGOS and civil society



Ministry of Environment and Green Development of Mongolia

• Short Term Editing Consultant

  • Mar 2013 - Mar 2013

  • Drafting, proof reading and language revision of two reports:i.Technology Needs Assessment for Climate Change Adaptation in Mongolia report ii.Technology Needs Assessment for Climate Change Mitigation in Mongolia report • Drafting, proof reading and language revision of two reports:i.Technology Needs Assessment for Climate Change Adaptation in Mongolia report ii.Technology Needs Assessment for Climate Change Mitigation in Mongolia report

• Monitoring and Evaluation Fellow

  • May 2011 - Dec 2011

  •Supported the production of key strategic documents (National Strategic Monitoring and Evaluation Guidelines, People Living with HIV Stigma Index, 2010 UNGASS Country Report) •Collaborated with consultants to produce National AIDS Spending Assessment III (analysis of raw data sets, created tables and graphs using pivot tables, assisted with dissemination drafting of final report) •Produced fact sheets on key programmatic areas to update a Situation and Response Analysis •Synthesized data from multiple sources for on key beneficiary populations for a national triangulation exercise and for statistical modelling of the epidemic



Amnesty International Australia, Victoria

• Community Campaigns Intern

  • Feb 2011 - May 2011

  •Maintained social networking sites, website content •Supported internal and external communications (production for Victorian e-newsletter) •Event organisation and management •Maintained social networking sites, website content •Supported internal and external communications (production for Victorian e-newsletter) •Event organisation and management



The Global Poverty Project, Australia

• Policy Intern/Communications Volunteer

  • Sep 2010 - Mar 2011

  •Undertook research on key issues associated with poverty to update GPP presentation •Raised awareness of the GPP’s current campaigns through social media sites and blogging •Collaborated with partner organisation Oaktree to create an external report for “Live Below the Line” campaign 2010 •Supported Communications Manager to launch the “Live Below the Line” 2011 campaign •Undertook research on key issues associated with poverty to update GPP presentation •Raised awareness of the GPP’s current campaigns through social media sites and blogging •Collaborated with partner organisation Oaktree to create an external report for “Live Below the Line” campaign 2010 •Supported Communications Manager to launch the “Live Below the Line” 2011 campaign