Consultant
Freelance Consulting
Total years of experience :13 years, 9 Months
September 2011 - Date
INEGMA (Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis), Dubai, UAE
Analyst & Project Manager
• Composing daily and monthly situational reports on a wide range of issues for clients and in-house
use
• Leveraging a wide network of contacts in both the public and private sectors to retrieve unique,
timely information in order to compile strategic white papers for clients
• Specialising in due diligence and investigations providing stakeholder analysis, relationship
mapping and obtaining key items of interest for clients to make informed decisions
• Performing on the ground investigations in Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar, Russia, UAE and UK
• Developing crisis management procedures and protocols for clients to react and foresee events of instability affecting their operations
• Undertaking strategic communication projects in support of foreign policy objectives
• Secondary role as Project Manager involves developing INEGMA's contacts into business partners and executing projects to client requirements
• Managing all of INEGMA's high-level conferences
July 09 - July 2010
INEGMA, Dubai, UAE
Research Analyst
• Sourced information in order to assist with INEGMA's consultancy projects. This ranged from projected procurement assessments of a Middle Eastern nation to the evolving threat analysis in the
South Asian continent
Extra-Curricular Education: June/July 2008 Beirut Exchange Course, Beirut,
This involved: - Learning about Lebanese politics and its relationship to the wider region
- Meetings and discussions with high profile figures within the Lebanese Armed Forces,
government, political arena, religious authorities and journalists
- Touring UNIFIL responsibilities in and around the base in Nabatiyeh
- Visited the Nahr El-Bared Palestinian camp followed by talks given by Palestinian
Liberation Organisation (PLO) and Hamas representatives in Beirut
2010-2011 University of Exeter MA, International Relations of the Middle East,
2006-2009 University of Bradford BSc, International Relations and Security Studies
1999-2006 Cranleigh School