Education

• PhD Candidate, Centre for Cryptocurrency Research and Engineering, Imperial College London. October 2018 - Present.

• MPhil Economics Research, Trinity Hall, Cambridge University. October 2016 - August 2017. Dissertation title: ‘The impact of education spending on school test score outcomes’ (rank 3/32).

• Adv PG Dip Economics, Robinson College, Cambridge University. October 2014 - June 2015. (Distinction).

• BA Philosophy, Politics and Economics, Warwick University. October 2011 - June 2014. (First Class Hons, rank 1/81 and 2/71).

Awards

• Citadel Data Open Winner - Worldwide. February 2020. $100k prize money (top team from 7,102 applicants).

• Citadel Data Open Winner - Regional. February 2020. $20k prize money.

• MakerDao 2,000 prize in the Future of Blockchain competition. March 2019. 2k GBP prize money.

• EPSRC PhD Studentship. Department of Computing, Imperial College London.

• Economics Faculty Scholarship. University of Cambridge.

Technical

• Python, Solidity, R, Stata, LaTeX, PostgreSQL, ArcGIS.

• English (native), French (advanced), German (basic).

Experience

• Commit-me: Blockchain for Climate Action Tracking. November 2018 - January 2019. Blockchain based platform to enable individuals/institutions to commit to climate change mitigating actions.

• Analyst, Oxera Consulting LLP. October 2017 - August 2018. Member of Analytics, Energy and Financial Services teams.
  • Advised a ferrosilicon manufacturer on an abuse of dominance claim against a state-owned power generator
  • Assisted a nuclear power generator with an economic submission to the UK government
  • Extensive quantitative modelling (Python, Stata, Excel), including in relation to an electricity market dispatch model (Python).
• Intern, Oxera Consulting LLP. 2014 (via application) and 2015 (via invitation).
  • Primarily worked with the Financial Services (FS) team
  • Main author in team for published econometric paper, which applied insights from behavioural economics to demand for long-distance rail in Great Britain
  • Entrusted with analyst responsibilities: chairing conference calls with regulators and trade associations, conducting careful desk-research and drafting large sections of client reports under the pressure of tight deadlines.
• Intern, Centre for Economics and Business Research. 2012 - 2013.
  • Accompanied the CEO to meetings with industry leaders, including presentation of evidence to a Treasury Select Committee.
• Head of Talks, PPE Society. 2013 - 2014. Won ‘Society of the Year’, (1/253 societies). According to the University, the Series hosted “some of the most high-profile speakers campus has ever seen”.

Personal

I take photographs (portraits, digital and film), enjoy travel, and run.