Strategy & Operations Analyst

Deep-tech startup building biodegradable super-absorbent polymers. Ranked #54 in Startups 100 UK 2026; backed by Oxford Seed Fund and Living Hope VC. I sit beside the CEO on strategy and the live seed raise.

• Built a bottom-up market sizing model for the $17bn global superabsorbent polymers market across hygiene, agriculture and construction applications; identifying priority segments and informing commercial strategy and investor positioning.
• Conducted competitive intelligence and market research across biodegradable materials, sustainability regulations and customer adoption drivers; synthesising findings into strategic recommendations for the CEO.
• Evaluated 100+ UK and European venture capital funds against investment thesis, cheque size, portfolio fit and partner relevance; creating a targeted investor pipeline for future fundraising activity.
• Built funding allocation and scenario-planning models spanning R&D, commercialisation and operations; supporting capital deployment decisions and post-fundraise planning.

Designed a Gen-AI verification framework for EY Spain's tax compliance practice — the sole framework designer across every competing Cranfield team.

• Built the framework across four risk domains: AI hallucinations, evidence traceability, human-in-the-loop verification and accountability in regulated environments.
• Ran primary research with 10+ domain experts across the UK and EU, plus regulatory and academic secondary research, into a client-ready output.
• Evaluated framework outputs against EU AI Act requirements for high-risk AI systems.
• Won EY Spain's highest recognition across all competing Cranfield teams.

One of India's oldest jewellery houses (est. 1832), operating luxury retail across major Indian cities.

• Secured the location for the brand's second store through footfall analysis, demographic profiling and catchment mapping; negotiated the lease and ran pre-launch ops — opened in five months.
• Resolved peak-season supply-chain bottlenecks by renegotiating supplier pricing and timelines; aligned inventory and merchandising for a 15% festive-season sales rise.
• Built vendor and production-partner relationships for on-time, on-budget delivery across launch and seasonal campaigns.

Healthcare growth consultancy serving IVF clinics across India — patient-acquisition systems, process frameworks and data-driven clinic performance.

• Grew revenue from zero to $25k ARR across 15 IVF-clinic clients; built outreach funnels, onboarding workflows and conversion tracking (2% lead-to-client).
• Built and led a six-person remote team with SOPs, conduct guidelines and equity-linked incentives.
• Lifted qualified patient enquiries 10% per clinic through structured process redesign.
• Standardised delivery across accounts with streamlined reporting and automated follow-ups.

UK social-impact SaaS helping NGOs and enterprises measure and report outcomes through real-time dashboards.

• Grew monthly client acquisition 75% (4 → 7) and added £35k ARR across Europe, Africa and the Middle East via structured outreach and product demos.
• Ran competitor analysis on features, pricing and reporting using feature-benefit matrices and value-driver trees to sharpen the value proposition.

Indian D2C yoga and wellness brand offering biodegradable mats and fitness accessories.

• Built a go-to-market strategy on a sub-$1,000 budget; coordinated a 25-creator network to grow reach 5× (500 → 2,500).
• Supported an organic-oil range launch with market analysis, whitespace evaluation and a defined value proposition; aligned packaging with the founder and design team.