Senior Programme Officer

ITCILO

Apr 2024 – Present
Turin, Piedmont, Italy · On-site

Team Leader/ Project Director

Swisscontact · Full-time

Mar 2022 - Apr 2024 · 2 yrs 2 mos
Yangon, Myanmar

Secured a CHF 9.2 million 4-year phase of a 12-year Vocational Skills Development Programme (VSDP) to provide skills in agriculture, textiles and infrastructure maintenance to 15 000 Myanmar youth and grow 100 MSMEs (2022)

• Negotiated six co-financed partnerships to implement training, entrepreneurship and labour market insertion activities for 2000 Myanmar youth in textile production, agriculture and infrastructure maintenance (2023).
• Led 30 staff in strategy, intervention planning, budget structuring and implementation in coordination with the
  business administration team to drive results and assure sound financial management;
• Directed business development, e.g. negotiate and structure collaborative partnerships that pool financial and inkind
  resources in support of interventions in textile production, agriculture and infrastructure maintenance;
• Established and maintained structures and instruments for monitoring and results measurement including
  guidelines on data collection and impact story telling (theory of change, KPIs, impact metrics);
• Maintained effective working relationships with the Swiss Development Cooperation, diplomatic missions, UN
  agencies and private sector associations and chambers of commerce and civil society representatives;
• Developed relationships with international and Myanmar companies on inclusive work-based training;
• Assure that the VSDP is well prepared for all external and internal audits and reviews, including by the media.

Research Collaborator - Child Labour

UNICEF · Contract

May 2022 - Apr 2023 · 1 yr
Florence, Tuscany, Italy · Remote

- Conducted secondary research into the impact of education strategies on the prevention and elimination of child labour in India and Bangladesh;
- Edited papers and briefing notes; co-authored a G20 Policy brief on child labour elimination: https://www.t20indonesia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Eliminating-Child-Labour.pdf
- Advised on a multi-agency proposal addressing child labour and responsible business conduct

Sector Lead - Labour & Education

Global Insight · Freelance

Jul 2021 - Jul 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo
United States - Remote

Global Insight partners with practitioners, policymakers, and donors to provide empirical research that answers our most perplexing questions, encourages evidence-based decision making, and promotes innovative programs. I provide thought leadership for my sector and mentorship for other Global Insight team members.

Head of Programmes

The Global Apprenticeship Network GAN

Nov 2018 - Mar 2022 · 3 yrs 5 mos
Switzerland

Global Insight partners with practitioners, policymakers, and donors to provide empirical research that answers our most perplexing questions, encourages evidence-based decision making, and promotes innovative programs. I provide thought leadership for my sector and mentorship for other Global Insight team members.

Senior Research & Policy Analyst

WWF

Nov 2017 - Oct 2018 · 1 yr
Switzerland

-Led research and analyses that underpin WWF’s global policy and advocacy positions on issues ranging from biodiversity safeguarding to nature-based solutions in the language of decision-makers by developing policy and substantive briefs for WWF on geopolitical, social and economic trends as well as policy options
-Designed research plans to reflect the link between biodiversity and human development to craft advocacy for non-traditional audiences (e.g. labour experts and humanitarian professionals)
-Delivered WWF International key messages at technical meetings on SDGs, environmental policy and human rights
-Coordinated WWF global position development process on SDGs and the Convention on Biological Diversity
-Provided research and content advice to thematic experts from around the network, including wildlife, water and green disaster recovery

Independent Consultant

ILO, IOM, EEAS, MSF, UNHCR, Transtec, Irex, Solidarity Center, Search for Common Ground

Jun 2011 - Aug 2017 · 6 yrs 3 mos
Myanmar, Thailand

Examples of work include:

-Developed multi-million dollar policy dialogue project proposals in civil society organisational development, youth development;
- Designed and conducted large studies about child labour, youth and conflict using qualitative and quantitative methods to inform multi-stakeholder policy dialogue;
-Advised clients on advocacy strategies related to labour rights, child labour elimination, alternative dispute resolution methods, issue mainstreaming and inter-agency cooperation;
-Trained 100+ youth, civil society, and mid-career professionals on organisational development, project proposal writing, monitoring & evaluation, research methods and human rights;
-Designed and led multi-stakeholder dialogues, for multilateral development banks, diplomatic staff, civil society and media, on labour policies and community-company disputes;
-Evaluated JAICA’s livelihood restoration strategy in Yangon’s Special Economic Zone and prepared stakeholders for participation in the UN’s annual Business & Human Rights Forum

ESG Investment Risk Analyst

RepRisk

Jun 2010 - May 2011 · 1 yr
Switzerland

Analysed hundreds of media items in English, French and Spanish on environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks of multinational companies around the world. The analysed data was put to the use of corporate clients and investors so they could better manage environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks in their business.

Field Research Consultant - Organised Crime Programme

Institute for Security Studies

Apr 2008 - Jan 2009 · 10 mos
Botswana, Namibia

Conducted field research into organised crime in Namibia and Botswana, as part of a larger project addressing the impact of transnational crime - including arms and human trafficking – on human development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Wrote up monthly reports and presented at regional workshops in Botswana, Namibia and South Africa. Contributed writing to the 1st Annual Institute for Security Studies Report on crime in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Contributor to Report: “Organised Crime in Southern Africa: First Annual Review”, 2010

Project Officer - Conflict Sensitive Programme Management

Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 · 1 yr
Geneva Area, Switzerland

ontributed research and evaluation tools to the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation's (SDC's) conflict-sensitive programming in Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. Participated in fact-finding field missions to Kabul and Colombo, where I conducted interviews with SDC's partners and stakeholders, and contributed to strategy planning and implementation workshops at the locations.

Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

Executive MBA, Business Administration and Management, General

Sep 2023 - Sep 2025

Activities and societies: Merton College

Geneva Graduate Institute

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Development Studies

2009 - 2013

Completed a 4-year PhD programme, which included 2 years of field research in Myanmar, on the relationship between history and transitional justice. Wrote and defended a doctoral thesis titled "A Historical Quest for Justice: Myanmar vs. The Past".

United States Institute of Peace

Certificate, Facilitation Skills for Conflict Environments

2012 - 2012

United States Institute of Peace

Certificate, Stabilization and Peacebuilding

2012

The Fletcher School at Tufts University

Certificate, Advanced Study of Nonviolent Conflict

2011 - 2011

The Fletcher Summer Institute for the Advanced Study of Nonviolent Conflict (FSI) is the only executive education program in the advanced, interdisciplinary study of nonviolent conflict. Organised in conjunction with the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University, the programme draws upon its multi-disciplinary approach to global affairs.

Geneva Graduate Institute

Master's, Development Studies

2005 - 2007

University of Melbourne

Bachelor’s Degree, Liberal Arts

1998 – 2003

Social Theory, Classical Philosophy, Medieval History, History of the 20th Century, History of Transition in Central and Eastern Europe, Political Science, Women's Studies

Impact Investing

Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

Issued Feb 2023

Making Markets Work

Issued Dec 2022

Issued Feb 2022

Skills: Impact Measurement · Social Impact · Systems Thinking

edX Verified Certificate for Business and Impact Planning for Social Enterprises

edX

Issued Apr 2021

Project Management Professional (PMP)®

Project Management Institute

Issued Dec 2020

International Law and Legal Studies Certificate

Creative Learning

Issued Jun 2012 · Expired Jul 2012
Credential ID Formerly International Peace and Security Institute