Experience

Sentient Ventures VC

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Food Systems Impact

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  Sentient Ventures is more than a fund. Our mission is to enable the innovators and change-makers to accelerate the removal of farmed animals from our food production systems, allowing our planet to heal and thrive. Our £30M UK-domiciled, tax-transparent, early growth-stage fund will invest in the bestinternational companies that are developing superior successors to animal products whiletargeting a 3-5x return on investment (MOIC). As Head of Food Systems Impact I have pioneered a life cycle assessment estimation tool to understand the animal and environmental impact of our investments compared to animal proteins. With this tool, I lead the screening of all investments opportunities to ensure we only invest in companies that can spare the most animal lives, avoid the greatest environmental impacts and trigger a shift in the impact food systems have.



Self-employed

• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• ESG Impact Measurement Advisor

  • Jul 2021 - Present

  Empowering investors, fund managers and companies with robust, transparent and holistic impact measurement tools & approaches to mitigate negative environmental, social and governance impacts. Analysing, visualising and communicating complex data and system problems. Developing ESG, Impact and M&E frameworks for a range of private and public sector settings. Most recently, working with a new growth stage investment fund as the Environmental Impact Lead. Designing and implementing a pilot impact framework to assess the impact mitigation potential of investments in the alternative protein space.



Wasafiri

• Kenya
• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Impact Measurement and Monitoring Expert - Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship

  • Oct 2021 - Nov 2021

  Carried out an impact assessment for the Schwab Foundation of Social Entrepreneurship, the sister organisation of the World Economic Forum. This included undertaking data analysis and assessing the Schwab Foundations social entrepreneur awardees since 2019 to understand and present the impact of the Schwab Foundation's awardees. The analysis also included an assessment of system change processes utilised to address key barriers to reform and presenting the results for the Schwab's Foundation's annual impact report.



Tetra Tech Europe

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Manager | Africa Clean Energy Technical Assistance Facility (ACE TAF)

  • Aug 2019 - Jul 2021

  • Managed a £15.5m UKaid funded programme working in 14 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.• Used a market-based approach to review and approve interventions that improved the business environment for private sector expansion to deliver off-grid renewable energy.• Undertook political economy analysis to integrate a deep understanding of the structural barriers to reform into programme design and delivery.• Collated and synthesised programme data to present results to the client and stakeholders using an interactive Power BI dashboard (see example below).• Led and designed programme monitoring and evaluation framework, processes, and tools for data collection and analysis.• Reviewed interventions across 14 countries and integrated lessons into programme design.



Adam Smith International

• United Kingdom
• International Trade and Development
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Senior Manager - Elan Market Systems Development Programme D.R. Congo

  • Feb 2019 - Aug 2019

  • Managed a £50m UKaid funded market system development programme working in the Democratic Republic of Congo across six sectors: renewable energy, transport, SME finance, branchless banking, and agriculture (perennial and non-perennial).• Developed an interim programme strategy to distribute grant funding to SMEs within the six technical sectors.• Reviewed eligibility criteria for SME grants and worked with sector leads to assess SME performance and intended impact. • Provided strategic direction on sustainability across technical sectors.• Managed a team of 40+ multidisciplinary consultants working across four provinces.• Led the successful tender for the follow-on programme, Elan 1.2.

• Environmental Sustainability Lead

  • Nov 2017 - Aug 2019

  • Developed ASI's corporate environmental sustainability strategy to become carbon net positive by 2030. • Undertook an environmental impact assessment of ASI's 32 offices, synthesising data and successfully presenting the results to gain buy-in to the strategy.

• Foundation Designer and Manager - Local Innovators Initiative

  • Mar 2018 - Jan 2019

  • Conceptualised and designed a foundation, the Local Innovators Initiative (LII), for Adam Smith International (ASI) to reinvest ASI's profits to tackle local development challenges. • Designed the foundation to utilise a Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) approach to programme design and implementation. • Designed and delivered a capacity building programme to train applicants on the PDIA methodology.

• Manager - Vuna Climate Smart Agriculture

  • Aug 2017 - Mar 2018

  • Managed a £20m UKaid funded programme working in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania.• Managed and monitored the deployment of grants to SMEs to implement innovative climate-smart business models designed to increase smallholder farmers resilience to climate change and enable sustainable economic growth.• Worked closely with SMEs to design and implement improved corporate governance processes to assist SMEs to meet grant eligibility.• Developed and deployed a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation framework to review project activities as well as oversee field verification in Zambia and Malawi.• Worked closely with the research team to design research parameters, oversee research implementation and deliver a learning workshop to delegates from the portfolio of businesses.

• Manager - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Education Sector Programme

  • Jan 2015 - Sep 2017

  • Assistant Manager and then Manager of the UKaid funded £20m KESP 1 and £18m KESP 2, DFID's second-largest education programme. • Developed and implemented a comprehensive business process manual. The key reforms contributed to the programme going from a 'B' rating in 2014 to three consecutive 'A' ratings in 2015, 2016, and 2017.• Oversaw the development of an equitable education strategy for the Government of Kyber Pakhtunkhwa. • Managed the implementation of interventions to improve education equity, providing support to over 390,000 girls in the province.



Itad

• Brazil
• Business Consulting and Services

• Research Analyst

  • Feb 2013 - Dec 2014

  Worked on a number of evaluations as a Research Assistant for ITAD. First: Macro-Evaluation of DFID's Strategic Vision for Girls and Women and DFID's policy framework for Empowerment and Accountability. • Evaluated project reports against three criteria; triangulation, contribution, and transparency; to strengthen DFID's public accountability.The second: Monitoring & Evaluation assignment of British Council’s Culture and Development Strategy. • Developed a monitoring and evaluation framework to monitor the British Council's Culture and Development Strategy• Identified a range of methodologies to analyse qualitative data through quantitative frameworks to assess how culture can contribute to development outcomes such as behavioural change and wellbeing.



Community Action South West, NCS project

• Team Leader

  • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  Leading two teams of 16-17yr olds through a four week summer project aiming to increase community cohesion and youth involvement, at the end of the four weeks the young people have to carry out 30hrs of community service in a project which they design.The first group of young people had a collection of special needs ranging from Down's Syndrome to Autism, many members of the group were in foster care or assisted living situations and many were not in education. Leading a group of this diversity threw up many challenges and really tested every aspect of both my professional and personal self. The young people were extremely challenging at times however seeing their successes and watching them develop new skills and ideas was incredibly rewarding.



VSO

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

• International Citizens Service, Volunteer

  • Sep 2012 - Dec 2012

  Volunteer Tanzania, Kamachumu, VSO-ICS Project; Three month project living with a local family and a national volunteer while working on outlined, but largely unstructured programmes to contribute to local community development.Working as part of the agriculture team, looking at creating sustainable farming methods and network building through the organisation of weekly farmer's forums that required organising local and regional experts to provide workshops on farmer's issues. Setting up of a pig loaning scheme with a local NGO as a method to develop income diversification in an attempt to secure livelihoods, concentrating on distribution to women and women's groups.Organised and facilitated weekly workshops for other volunteers on global issues.



University of Leicester

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Kenya Research Assistant

  • Apr 2012 - May 2012

  Studying the Green Belt Movement (GBM) started by Wangari Maathia, Evaluating local communities involved in GBM work. Secondly, Evaluating the use of English languages and its impacts on the education system as the official language. With the presentation of results to local community leaders. Evaluation of field surveys and interviews, report writing and presentation of findings. Studying the Green Belt Movement (GBM) started by Wangari Maathia, Evaluating local communities involved in GBM work. Secondly, Evaluating the use of English languages and its impacts on the education system as the official language. With the presentation of results to local community leaders. Evaluation of field surveys and interviews, report writing and presentation of findings.

• Zanzibar Undergraduate Dissertation Research

  • Jun 2011 - Jul 2011

  Tom designed and implemented a detailed qualitative survey on Zanzibari fisherman to assess to what extent the growing use of mobile phones leads to a reduction in the experience of remoteness. Tom developed a proposal and methodology from which he received full funding from the University to conduct a 2-month research trip to Zanzibar. Using qualitative tools, such as in- depth interviews and focus groups he conducted a survey across Zanzibar’s main island. The research developed my interviewing, evaluation and report writing skills as well as having to present findings to stakeholders both in Govt. of Zanzibar and the University. The dissertation was a key component in my overall mark in receiving a 1st for my degree whilst also developing a range of key skills.