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Professional ​
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A solid background in quantitative and qualitative research nurtured over 15 years at UN-Habitat, PwC Kenya  Strathmore University.

 

I am thorough at work and result oriented with a noted skill of communicating complex information in easy and clear language. This is augmented with strong analytical skills in STATA, Excel,  Atlas TI and R for modeling and analyzing problems.

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Being curious and conducting research excites and energizes me.

Competencies

Strong analytical skills

Project leadership and management

Research design

Competent Communicator (CC)

Work​
experience​

October 2021 - Ongoing

Senior Research Assistant, UN - Habitat

  •  I contribute to the World Cities Report 2022 among other global reports. The World Cities Report (WCR) is the flagship report of the UN - Habitat that gives in-depth analysis of the global urbanization process with an objective of promoting and inspiring action towards sustainable urbanization as envisioned in SDG 11, the New Urban Agenda, Paris agreement on Climate Change, the Sendai framework, and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda.

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September 2008 – July 2019

Lecturer, Strathmore University, Kenya

  • Research team leader 2013 – 2015 and 2016 – 2019; “” IDRC project number 108242 Total funding CAD 633,600

  • Team coordinator – setup of the School of Finance and Applied Economics (Now Strathmore Institute of Mathematical Sciences). Developing budgets, curriculum costing, marketing and on-boarding students.

  • ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management Representative. Mapping out process flows and auditing for process improvements.

  • Lecturing: Communication for actuaries, Financial mathematics, Computational thinking, Basic data analysis in STATA and R

 

September 2005 – August 2008

Senior associate, PwC Kenya

  • Managing client relations

  • Coaching team members

  • Leading audit field teams

  • Managing budgets

  • Communicating to different stakeholders including donors, shareholders, government officials and top level management

Skills

Atlas TI Qualitative data analysis

STATA

Data analysis with Excel

Numerical analysis with R

Education
September, 2009
MSc. Mathematical Finance (distinction), University of Manchester, UK
August, 2005
BSc. Actuarial Science (First Class), University of Nairobi, Kenya
December, 1999
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE – Mean grade A-), Alliance Girls’ High School, Kenya
Professional Qualifications
August, 2021
Certified Public Accountant, Kenya
December, 2011
Internal Auditor (ISO 9001:2008), Kenya Bureau of Standards, Kenya
June, 2009
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), ISACA – USA
November, 2008
Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA), ACCA – UK
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