Category: Career profile

Career Profile: Tom Orrell, Managing Director, DataReady Limited

Tom studied for a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations at Keele University in the UK, completed a Graduate Diploma in Law and the Bar Practice Training Course at the BPP Law School, and was Called to the Bar…

Career Profile: Steve Penson, Data Scientist, Humanitarian Analysis Organisation and MapAction

Steve studied for a Bachelor’s Degree in Geography at the University of Sheffield and is now a data scientist at a humanitarian analysis organisation and MapAction. How did you get into your current line of work? I developed…

Career Profile: Marco Zaplan, Data & Information Visualisation Analyst, MZ Consulting

Marco studied for a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics at the University of the Philippines School of Economics. Marco is now a data and information visualisation analyst at MZ Consulting. How did you get into your current line of…

Career Profile: Esther Syombua Ndaka and Tara Thiani, co-founders of the Afrika Counts project

Esther Syombua Ndaka and Tara Thiani are co-founders of the Afrika Counts project and undergraduate students at the United States International University – Africa (USIU-A), located in Nairobi, Kenya. Esther is a 2nd year bachelor of epidemiology and…

Career Profile: Pol Canela, Head of Analytics at the Public Engagement Department, Oxfam Intermon (Spanish HQ)

Pol studied Economics at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona (UPF) and further developed his analytical skills with several specific online courses and on-the-job training. Pol is now Head of Analytics at the Public Engagement Department in Oxfam Intermon,…

Career Profile: Emily Poskett, Head of International Development at the UK Office For National Statistics

Emily studied for a BSc in Mathematics at the University of Sheffield, and later undertook a Diploma in Development Studies at Birkbeck, University of London and a MMaths in Official Statistics at the University of Southampton. Emily is…