• Conducted project evaluation and advisory services for a digital financial payments and financial inclusion project with the Central Bank of Tunisia and payment providers.

• Worked with Equintel - an ESG data assessment start-up - to establish a dedicated ESG advisory service for corporates and financial services. 

• Prepared a concept study and business plan for a climate tech start-up aimed at decarbonising the global shipping industry. 

• Travel activity and relocation to Switzerland. 

Digital and Sustainable Trade Finance Transformation Lead (2019-01 ? 2021-03) 

Deputy Director, ICC Finance for Development Hub

• Responsible for implementing large-scale global multi-stakeholder initiatives to advance the digitalisation and sustainability of international trade and trade finance.
• Facilitated industry consultations on the EU?s Sustainable Finance Taxonomy and coinitiated a project to standardise ESG practices across the global export finance industry.
• Led feasibility studies, business planning, and budgeting processes (USD 3M/year) to establish ICC? Digital Trade Standards Initiative to standardise digital trade processes.
• Led project implementation by securing over USD 10M in donor funding and managing donor relations for the initiative.
• Advanced the ICC Banking Commission?s thematic and structural redirection to align trade finance with the UN?s Sustainable Development and Climate Goals.
• Designed and facilitated virtual design thinking workshops with over 200 senior trade experts to analyse and design ways to improve global trade processes.
• Co-founded and co-led the Asian Pacific Financial Forum?s Digital Trade Finance Lab to accelerate the digitalisation of trade as mandated by the APEC Finance Ministers.

Organisational development and transformation lead (2016-07 ? 2018-12)

Senior Project and Policy Manager & Interim Head, ICC Banking Commission 

Leading organisational and industry transformation projects. 

• Established and oversaw 18 working groups with up to 50 international specialists to drive the strategic development of the ICC Banking Commission and position it as a leading global rule making body.
• Developed technical recommendations for the trade finance industry together with senior experts and organized high-level meetings with regulators such as the BIS.
• Ensured the effective functioning of the Executive Committee consisting of 20 senior international banking and trade executives.
• Negotiated and implemented the integration of two major consortia of financial risk data from 25 global banks (the ICC Trade Register) and 53 global banks (GCD).
• Ensured information flow with 100 national ICC offices and oversaw external communications to position ICC as a thought leader for the trade finance industry.
• Represented ICC in international bodies and working groups (e.g. WTO, OECD).

Trade Finance Data, Risk and Regulatory Affairs Manager (2011-07 ? 2016-06)

Project and Policy Manager, ICC Banking Commission

• Established a large financial data consortium and facilitated regulatory advocacy.
• Established and managed the ICC Trade Register, a critical trade credit risk monitoring tool used by 25 global banks representing 80% of the industry.
• Facilitated regulatory advocacy and rule-making initiatives by consolidating expert opinions, drafting technical comments and meeting with regulators.
• Established international strategic partnerships linking businesses, government organisations, international financial institutions (e.g. EBRD and ADB) and banks.

Market Intelligence Lead (2010-05 ? 2011-06)

Project Coordinator, ICC Banking Commission

Established ICC?s market intelligence function for the global trade finance industry. 

• Developed concept and launched ICC?s annual Market Intelligence Report analysing trends in the global trade finance industry (incl. 400 participants in 90 countries).