Background and Impacts
Background and Impacts
Approach
I prefer to combine research depth with strategic thinking and systems design, drawing on economics, politics, business, and finance. My work builds clear, modular frameworks to navigate complexity and inform action. Across disciplines and domains, I like to turn knowledge into structure- and structure into strategy.
Impacts
Consulting Project: Elliot Foundation
Context
Many TEFAT schools were facing increased responsibilities with reduced staffing and operational capacity. The challenge: how to unlock external support without overburdening internal teams.
Approach
I designed a modular framework linking university students with TEFAT schools and their foundations—creating a new channel for collaboration. What began as a UCL consulting proposal evolved into a working pilot. I mapped university alignment with school locations and governance structures, built a project plan, and initiated outreach to key stakeholders. I also conducted qualitative research and quantitative research on comparable programs to benchmark and operationalize the model.
Impact
With no similar models found in other TEFAT Trusts, the project stands out as a novel approach to public-sector development. It offers schools strategic and operational support while giving students meaningful engagement in education reform. The framework is scalable across other TEFAT Trusts and flexible enough to adapt to local conditions—promoting win-win outcomes across institutions.
Skills Applied
Qualitative research and benchmarking
Mapping institutional alignment with relevant actors
Created a Consulting project Plan
Collaborated and led meetings with different actors to make the program more effective.
UCL MSc Dissertation: Is the era of manufacturing-led development coming to an end due to technological changes? (Political Economy- In progress)
Context
Since the 1980s, technological innovation, automation, and the fractionalisation of production have reshaped global economies. These shifts have blurred traditional boundaries between manufacturing and services, exposing the limitations of legacy classification systems. Standard economic models often fail to capture hybrid activity and evolving productive structures—raising critical questions about the continued relevance of manufacturing-led development.
Approach
To address this gap, I developed a new typology of production: Classical Manufacturing, Hybrid Sectors, and Services. The hybrid category is a novel classification I introduced to capture the interplay between manufacturing and service activities. I then built a custom, multi-country dataset tracking value added in services as a share of GDP, employment, and total value added in exports. This dataset was standardized using ISIC Rev. 4 codes, enabling empirical testing of how sectoral composition influences development trajectories across countries and time periods—especially in the context of developing economies.
Impact
The paper delivers a dual contribution. Structural clarity: It reclassifies productive sectors where conventional models fall short, with the hybrid sector capturing real-world technological change and its impact on production processes. Strategic relevance: It equips policymakers, economists, and researchers with a scalable framework to interpret growth, design industrial policy, and adapt to evolving production structures. By capturing the complexity of hybrid sectors, the research reframes how manufacturing’s role in development should be understood—moving beyond binary models toward a more nuanced, actionable lens.
Skills Applied
Research and literature review for typology design and sectoral classification
Multi-country dataset construction and ISIC-based standardization
Quantitative analysis using RStudio, Excel, and Python
Strategic framing for policy relevance and academic contribution
Ernst & Young (ACA Track)
Context
Joined EY on the ACA qualification track, balancing intensive exam preparation with client-facing responsibilities across diverse sectors including manufacturing, technology, and automotive.
Approach
Delivered support across audit and advisory functions while progressing through key ACA exams. This required managing competing priorities—technical learning, regulatory compliance, and stakeholder engagement—within high-pressure, deadline-driven environments.
Impact
Demonstrated the ability to integrate technical rigor with practical delivery, adapting to sector-specific challenges and building fluency in financial frameworks. The experience sharpened my capacity to decode complex systems, communicate with clarity, and operate effectively across institutional boundaries.
Skills Applied
Financial analysis and regulatory compliance
Sectoral exposure across manufacturing, tech, and automotive
Stakeholder communication and client delivery
Time management and prioritization under pressure
Wild By Tart( Cocktail Bartender)
Context
Started as a junior bartender during university, rapidly progressing to lead a station in a high-pressure, customer-facing environment.
Approach
Redesigned inventory layout and service flows to improve team coordination and operational efficiency.
Impact
Sharpened real-time decision-making, interpersonal decoding, and structural problem-solving under pressure.
Skills Applied
Operational redesign
Service flow optimization
Leadership under pressure
Interpersonal and structural diagnostics