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I'm a freelance consultant for the social impact sector -- Being an optimistic realist and having been exposed to many cultures growing up, I am passionate and determined to find solutions to social challenges around the world.
I have increased efficiency, sustainability, and business growth of missionÂ-driven organisations through the On Purpose programme and through The Impact Collective, which I helped set up. Previously, I worked in consumer research and product development at P&G, started up my own business, and picked up business knowledge from INSEAD.
Now combined with the social sector and leadership experience I’ve attained, I love to help organisations become sustainably and socially successful by developing business plans and finding innovative alternatives with actionable solutions to the challenges they are trying to tackle.
Skills
- Project Management
- Engineering
- Research
- Business Plans
- Business Analysis
- Product Design
Education
- Degree BSc Mechanical Engineering
- Year 2004 - 2008
- College Name The University of Texas at Austin , United States
- Degree MBA
- Year 2013 - 2014
- College Name INSEAD , France
Experience
- Job Profile Consultant; Co-Founder
- Year October,2015 - Present
- Company The Impact Collective
Description
Creating customised solutions to help organisations make a better impact on the world; Reaching out to potential clients, developing proposals, and being the single point of contact for projects; Reviewing the mental health system for children and adolescents in London for NHS England and creating recommendations that are implementable and objective-oriented; Supporting sustainability start-ups through the Unilever Foundry through coaching and marketing efforts; Developing and implementing business plans and strategies for social enterprise start-ups; Designing a Work Placement pilot for the Department for Education as part of their Post-16 Skills Plan
- Job Profile Business Strategist
- Year September,2016 - Present
- Company SafetyNet Technologies
Description
Creating and executing a business strategy to ensure products will result in a successful triple bottom line; Developing relationships with customers, partnerships, and advisors to enable a desired route to market
- Job Profile Social Missions Associate
- Year April,2015 - September,2015
- Company Ben & Jerry's
Description
Managed campaign for Join Our Core across the five countries to ensure success of social entrepreneurs; Conducted research to establish a European arm of the Ben & Jerry’s Foundation with a successful proposal; Led the Save Our Swirled climate change campaign for the UK to achieve successful Paris COP results
- Job Profile Global Resourcing Project Manager
- Year October,2014 - March,2015
- Company Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO)
Description
Managed a project to have global employees adopt a new HR IT system (Salesforce); Worked with stakeholders to identify benefits to the users and improved the functionality of the system; Created reports and dashboards to provide insight for M&E purposes
- Job Profile Co-Founder
- Year February,2012 - June,2014
- Company Night Owl Market, LLC
Description
Worked with the city and vendors to establish contracts for running a successful night market; Implemented business model which achieved break-even and profits after first year of operations; Negotiated partnerships with other events, increasing profit 3-fold; Expanded to multiple nights and locations based on demand; Built strong media presence, including National Geographic feature and local & social media attention
- Job Profile New Business Creations Engineer / Platform Engineer / Claims & Demos Engineer
- Year August,2008 - October,2012
- Company Procter & Gamble
Description
Identified needs of a new potential market through consumer research on BoP $2/Day Consumers in Africa; Developed an interactive app prototype to help babies’ sleep and healthy development; Implemented sustainability initiatives that increased recycling and composting habits among employees; Generated deep competitive analysis of key players to understand their market position and influenced the business to put a specific competitor at top of mind; Provided product expertise and input for various Savings projects, delivering >$22MM over 3 years; Analysed global product comparisons to be used for cost savings and future product development plans; Collaborated with a cross-functional team to determine new product offering for a major distributor. The resulting distribution changes were worth 1MMSU or about $38MM NOS; Created 20+ sustainability claims, which were used in external communications. The success of these made Sustainability a pivotal pillar in the sector's future growth strategy