As a core part of this small but talented team, I was lucky to be given cross-enterprise responsibilities and the chance to upskill faster than in a typical graduate track.

I conducted deep-dive studies into the carbon credit categories and engaged with a large network of project developers. I managed rigorous due diligence processes for new and existing partnerships.

I was the primary person responsible for monitoring & understanding the rapidly evolving regulatory environment, and I managed most strategic communications internally and externally. I also engaged with investors, running some financial analytics, and attended conferences in London.

This experience involved engaging with a diverse set of renewable energy stakeholders to assess the feasibility of implementing a global sustainability standard for renewable energy projects.

I became intricately familiar with the elements needed for a typical framework for comprehensively assessing the sustainability of large infrastructure projects.

As project manager in this semi-professional team environment, I developed my organisation, collaboration, oral and written communication skills.

As an intern for this small corporate advisory London and Brussels-based firm, I gained core consulting skills within the sustainability space.

My work included materiality assessments for large corporates, stakeholder engagement & interview analysis, and reviewing sustainability strategies.

Clients included DiDi Global and the Long-Term Investment Organisation (LTIO) of the Institutional Investors Roundtable (IIR).

I coordinated the workstream required by a group developing a complex purpose-built training program for CEOs, executives, and business leaders.

I became intimately familiar with the fundamental cornerstones of the program from actual business case studies.

I also contributed to refining and improving the material content and service delivery.

This project has since been successfully launched.

Master’s Dissertation: “Building Resilience in the City of Harare Water Supply: A Systems Approach to Developing Integrative, Adaptive Strategies”

Since published in the Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems journal in June of 2023.

This study also won the Water Conservators Prize for Best Water-Related Dissertation of the Master’s Program in Oct 2022.

Topic: Market research investigating the feasibility of automated chlorine water monitoring in low-resource contexts.

Impact: Collaborated with a multi-disciplinary, cross-university team of students to engage with prominent international Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) players operating in developing countries and disaster relief contexts. Developed interview and presentation skills.

Senior Thesis: “Coupling Multiple Particle Levitation with Mass Spectroscopy: Simulation and Assessment of the Quadrupole Design”

This work contributes a novel methodology to particle levitation techniques, as applicable to atmospheric aerosol research. It enables studies for mitigating the harmful impacts of aerosols on climate, the environment and human health. I became highly proficient in CAD design and the simulation of ion behaviour in electromagnetic fields.

Topic: Computational modelling of a vacuum testing chamber and analysis of optical particle counter data for the Solar Geoengineering SCoPEx Project.

Impact: Cultivated the capacity to tackle problems independently and remain self-accountable. Developed data analysis, representation and computational skills in MATLAB, CAD and COMSOL Multiphysics.

Topic: The impact of agricultural crop overfertilization on ecosystems in the Okavango Delta.

Impact: Performed chemical analysis lab work utilising spectroscopic instrumentation. Gained first-hand experience of the challenges of navigating the competing incentives of stakeholders in conservation, tourism, politics, and community well-being in Botswana.