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Political Economy MSc graduate working where EU regulation meets commercial and institutional decision-making. Four years of applied regulatory analysis across the AI Act, DSA, GDPR, CSRD, CSDDD and EUDR, built at the UN Global Compact in New York, Egmont in Brussels and the UvA Responsible Business Conduct Lab, alongside eighteen months of direct client ownership in a B2B financial-operations role. Quantitative training in applied econometrics (Stata, R, SPSS) with Power BI and advanced Excel reporting.

Education

  • MSc Political Science (Political Economy), University of Amsterdam, 2025–2026. Conferred 30 June 2026 (EQF 7). Coursework in regulation and governance of markets, sustainable finance and quantitative methods (Stata, applied econometrics). Thesis: Economic Security and Critical Supply Chains: The Political Economy of EU De-risking. Separate research paper on the political economy of the digital euro (payment infrastructure, bank disintermediation, EU strategic autonomy).
  • Semester Abroad, Economics and Public Policy, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, City University of New York, Jan–Jun 2025. GPA 3.2/4.0. Economic Analysis of Public Policy; Current Economic Problems; Information and Society; Sociology.
  • BSc Political Science (Public Policy and Governance), University of Amsterdam, 2020–2024. Thesis: Business as Usual: Supply Chain Divergence and Due Diligence.
  • BA Media and Information, University of Amsterdam, 2022–2027. Data and AI in media, digital methods, platform governance.

Experience

  • Policy and Advocacy (Economic Affairs), Leadership and Policy Advocacy · United Nations Global Compact, New York · Jul–Oct 2025

  • Accounts Analyst, promoted to Client Responsible · TKB (Trust Krediet Beheer), Amsterdam · Oct 2023–Mar 2025

    • Owned a portfolio of 20+ international B2B corporate accounts across the Dutch, Belgian, French, German and Italian markets, acting as primary point of contact through the full client lifecycle.
    • Supervised a team of three, setting workflow ownership and quality standards, and produced portfolio reporting used by senior management.

  • Research and Communications Intern · EGMONT, Royal Institute for International Relations, Brussels · Sep 2024–Jan 2025

    • Ran 40+ editions of two EU policy newsletters, European Affairs and EU in the World (6,100 and 6,700 subscribers), contributing to an engagement uplift of around 20% across web and social channels.
    • Proposed and launched the Global Affairs Unpacked podcast, adding a new institutional media channel.

  • Junior Researcher, Regulatory and Comparative Policy Analysis · University of Amsterdam, Responsible Business Conduct Lab, Amsterdam · Mar–Jul 2024

    • Analysed regulatory and firm-level data in Stata, R and SPSS, translating results into structured briefs and position papers for policy and practitioner audiences.

  • Live Operations Specialist, Italian Market · Just Eat Takeaway, Amsterdam · May 2021–Jan 2023

    • Ran live operational workflow and KPI monitoring for the Italian market on a high-volume platform, triaging incidents against service targets under time pressure.

Awards & Scholarships

  • Stichting Bekker-la Bastide Merit Scholarship — €2,500 (2025).
  • Netherland-America Foundation Study Abroad Talent Fund and UvA Talent Fund — €8,000 (2025), supporting the semester at Baruch College, New York.
  • Certificate of Appreciation, United Nations — Global Compact Office, New York, 2025.

Certifications

  • AI Governance (95.5/100), Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, 2026 — verify
  • CISM: Strategy and Governance, Whizlabs, 2026. Security governance and risk — verify
  • Google AI Professional Certificate (92/100), Google, 2026. Seven courses — verify
  • Google Cloud Digital Leader Professional Certificate, Google Cloud, 2026. Six courses — verify
  • Supervised Machine Learning: Regression and Classification, DeepLearning.AI and Stanford, 2026 — verify
  • Introduction to Generative AI Learning Path, Google Cloud, 2026. Four courses — verify
  • Google Workspace with Gemini, Google Cloud, 2026. Eight courses — verify
  • Ethics and Integrity at the United Nations and Information Security Awareness (Foundational), United Nations, 2025.

Selected Projects

  • Ribāṭ, Geopolitical Risk Incidence Index and Interactive Map · 2026–present A country-level geopolitical-risk incidence index weighting the Caldara–Iacoviello GPR series by trade, energy, raw-material and chokepoint dependency across around 40 economies; Python pipeline over UN Comtrade/WITS and OECD TiVA data, interactive MapLibre map, weekly and monthly auto-refresh via GitHub Actions.
  • ITA-MENA Business Council, Governance and Operating Framework · 2024–present Designed the governance and operating-model framework — roles, decision rights and coordination processes — for a cross-regional initiative connecting Italian and MENA-based institutions and young professionals across trade, investment and policy.

Languages

Italian (native) · French (native) · English (C2) · German (C1) · Dutch (B2) · Spanish (B2) · Arabic (A2)

Networks & Memberships

  • Member, Omek, Amsterdam — career and community platform for bicultural professionals.
  • Member, Machiavelli Study Association and UvA Invest, University of Amsterdam (2020–2026).
  • Volunteer, Comunità di S. Egidio ACAP Onlus, School of Peace (2015–2019) — integration support for migrant children, food bank and language school for refugees; fundraising for the D.R.E.A.M. HIV/AIDS programme.