‍Partners: Business and Finance Consulting (BFC), Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE)

‍Role: Financial Inclusion Advisor

Activities: Landscape Analysis, Demand Side Financial Inclusion Diagnostic Survey with 500 MSMEs and 1500+ individuals, 100+ Stakeholder Consultations, HCD with women, low-income workers, youth and MSMEs (in-depth interviews, FGDs), Facilitation of Stakeholder Co-Creation Meetings and 3 Financial Inclusion Forums, Develop NFIS Framework, Develop multiple drafts of NFIS

‍Outputs: Financial Inclusion Diagnostic Synthesis Report, NFIS Framework, 5 Drafts of NFIS, 3 Blog posts on financial health, financial education and youth financial inclusion

‍Location: UAE

‍Timeline: April 2025- December 2025

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Partners: Making Cents International, USAID

‍Role: Youth Financial Inclusion Specialist

‍Activities: Landscape Analysis, Design of HCD Tools (in-depth interview guides, Stakeholder Consultations with partners, BSOs and youth MSMEs, Synthesis of Interviews, Development of Youth Financial Linkages toolkit

‍Outputs: Youth Financial Linkages Toolkit for BSOs in Ukraine

‍Location: Ukraine

‍Timeline: January 2024 to May 2024

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Partners: Access to Finance Rwanda (AFR), National Bank of Rwanda (BNR), Finprobity Solutions

Role: Team Lead

Activities: Landscape Analysis, Stakeholder Mapping, Design of HCD Tools (In-depth interview guide), Scoping Activity/HCD with nearly 40 stakeholders across public and private sector and civil society, Facilitation of Stakeholder and Co-Creation Meetings, Development of National Financial Education Strategy and Priority Financial Education Programmes, 1 in-country mission

Outputs: HCD Tools, Inception Report, Presentation of Field Work and Strategy Framework, National Financial Education Strategy

Timeline: March 2022- April 2023

Location: Rwanda

Partners: Aflatoun International

Role: Youth Financial Inclusion Consultant

Activities: Landscape Analysis, Stakeholder Mapping, Design of HCD Tools (in-depth interview guide, survey), HCD with 10 partners and 6 Programme Managers, Lead co-creation meeting, Review and provide recommendation on financial education and digital financial services curriculum, Capacity building of staff and partners, Development of Youth Financial Inclusion Strategy

Outputs: Best Practices and Models of Youth Financial Inclusion Report, Synthesis of Diagnostic for Youth Financial Inclusion, Youth Financial Inclusion Strategy

Timeline: March 2022- April 2023

Location: Global

Partners: Making Cents International, FMO, Y-Initiative for Youth Finance

Role: Youth Financial Inclusion Consultant

Activities: Landscape Analysis, Design of HCD Tools (in-depth interview guide, personas), HCD with 10 youth financial inclusion experts

Outputs: Compendium of Global Good Practices for Youth Financial Inclusion with 10 tools and 5 personas (here)

Timeline: January 2022 to May 2022

Location: Global

Partners: Accion International, Global Advisory Solutions (GLAS), Empowering Women Program

Role: Gender and Training Consultant

Activities: Landscape Analysis of Barriers and Challenges Female-Led MSMEs Face and Mentoring Models, Design of HCD Tools (in-depth interview guide, personas, design principles, insights), Design Mentoring Program, Capacity Building of Mentors

Outputs: Synthesis of Primary and Secondary Research, Design Framework of E-learning modules, Virtual Bootcamps, and Mentoring Program; 3 Mentoring Sessions with 8 tools, Training Program for Mentors (Online Recording)

Timeline: September 2021 to March 2023

Location: Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Nigeria, India

Partners: Alliance for Financial Inclusion, CNBV, Caja Huastecas

Role: Team Lead

Activities: Design of HCD Tools (in-depth interview guide, FGD guide, key informant guide, personas) Facilitation of Stakeholder Meetings, Landscape Analysis, Design of Behavioral Intervention

Outputs: Landscape Analysis Report of Barriers to Financial Inclusion in Mexico, Synthesis Report of Field Work and Behavioral Mapping, Design of 3 Youth Personas, Design of 3 Prototypes to Promote Youth Financial Inclusion

Timeline: May 2022- December 2022

Location: Mexico

Partners: Alliance for Financial Inclusion

Role: Financial Capability Consultant, Youth Financial Inclusion Consultant

Activities: Landscape Analysis of Youth Financial Inclusion, Landscape Analysis of National Financial Education Programmes, HCD with 14 AFI members, 8 industry experts and 12 youth associations

Outputs: Special report on youth financial inclusion and COVID-19 policy responses in Africa (here), National Financial Education Strategies toolkit (here), Guideline note on how to develop, implement and evaluate national financial education strategies targeting women, youth and the forcibly displaced (here)

Timeline: November 2020 to December 2021

Partners: Center for Financial Inclusion

Role: Financial Health and Gender Consultant

Activities: Design content for FinVenture, a financial health digital assessment tool integrating best practices in financial capabilities, behavioral economics and UX design

Output: 80+ interactive digital activities across 4 modules (e.g., Money Management, Planning Ahead, Resilience, Use of Financial Services)

Timeline: September 2020- February 2021