STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT TO INFORM AN IN-PERSON WORKSHOP ON COLLABORATIVE NEGOTIATION, 2025 – 2026
SENIOR CONSULTANT, INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT
This project was commissioned by a global pharmaceutical company to support strategic stakeholder engagement relating to collaborative healthcare negotiations and market access considerations. The initiative was facilitated by Copentown Healthcare Consultants and involved cross-functional discussions and an in-person workshop.
I worked with Copentown as a senior consultant on the project. In this role, I supported Copentown in liaising with the client to prepare for and execute the in-person stakeholder workshop, conducting and analysing interviews and surveys with the participants, developing presentations and other materials for client meetings, and attending and assisting with the facilitation of the in-person workshop.
SURVEY SCRIPTING ON A DIGITAL SURVEY PLATFORM, 2025
CONSULTANT, INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT
This project involved the coding of a survey questionnaire onto a digital survey platform to support data collection and research activities on politics and public services for Sigma Kairos.
I worked as a consultant on the project. In this role, I supported questionnaire refinement and conducted survey coding and testing using SurveyToGo software, including the integration of multimedia content into the survey process.
SURVEY AND MANUSCRIPT DEVELOPMENT ON ADRENALINE ACCESS AND USE, 2025 – 2026
PROJECT MANAGER & SENIOR ANALYST, INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT
This project was commissioned by a global pharmaceutical company to support activities relating to adrenaline access and anaphylaxis management. The project involved stakeholder engagement, survey and manuscript development, and the preparation of strategic communication materials.
I worked with Copentown Healthcare Consultants as a project manager and senior analyst on the project. In this role, I supported client engagement and project coordination, contributed to survey and manuscript development, and assisted with data analysis and the preparation of presentations for internal client discussions.
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT TO INFORM A NATIONAL STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK, 2025
SENIOR ANALYST, INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT
This project was commissioned by a global healthcare company to support the development of a national strategic framework focused on healthier living and public health priorities. The project involved a series of stakeholder interviews, strategic planning discussions, and the consolidation of key findings and recommendations into presentation materials for internal planning and discussion purposes.
I worked as a senior analyst on the project. In this role, I conducted and analysed stakeholder interviews, developed PowerPoint presentations on strategic objectives and key performance indicators, and consolidated workshop outputs.
THE CAREME GLOBAL ALLIANCE INITIATIVE, 2025 – 2026 (ONGOING)
PROJECT COORDINATOR & CLINIC LIAISON, INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT
The CaReMe Global Alliance is an international initiative focused on strengthening integrated cardio-renal-metabolic models of care through global collaboration, education, and clinical capacity building. The initiative supports healthcare professionals and clinics through expert meetings, educational resources, newsletters, and strategic communication activities.
I work as a project coordinator and clinic liaison on the project. In this role, I coordinate clinic and other stakeholder engagement activities, develop presentations and quarterly newsletters, support website and survey activities, and contribute to ongoing project administration and communication.
CROSS-COUNTRY EXPERT ROUNDTABLE INITIATIVE ON CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, 2024
PROJECT MANAGER & SENIOR CONSULTANT, INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT
This project was commissioned by a leading global healthcare company to discuss the ideal approach to address the unmet medical needs in cardiovascular disease. The cross-country Expert Roundtable initiative was facilitated by Copentown Healthcare Consultants and brought together leading European national experts from different fields relevant for cardiovascular disease. I worked with Copentown as a project manager and senior consultant on the project.
I worked with Copentown as a project manager and senior consultant on the project. In this role, I supported Copentown in liaising with the client to prepare for and execute the Expert Roundtable initiative in each of four European countries, developing PowerPoint presentations and other materials for client meetings, face-to-face Expert meetings, and virtual Expert Working Group sessions, attending and assisting with the facilitation of these Expert meetings and workshops, and consolidating and packaging the discussions and outcomes into presentations and reports.
EXPERT ROUNDTABLE INITIATIVE ON ALLERGIC RHINITIS IN CHILDREN, 2024
PROJECT MANAGER & SENIOR CONSULTANT, INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT
This project was commissioned by a European-based pharmaceutical company to discuss the ideal approach to address the unmet medical needs of children with allergic rhinitis. The Expert Roundtable initiative was facilitated by Copentown Healthcare Consultants and brought together an expert group representing key European Experts from different fields relevant for allergic rhinitis in children. I worked with Copentown as a project manager and senior consultant on the project.
I worked with Copentown as a project manager and senior consultant on the project. In this role, I supported Copentown in liaising with the client to prepare for and execute the Expert Roundtable initiative, developing PowerPoint presentations and other materials for client meetings, face-to-face Expert meetings, and virtual Expert Working Group sessions, attending and assisting with the facilitation of these Expert meetings and workshops, and consolidating and packaging the discussions and outcomes into presentations and reports.
INTERNAL COMPANY ASSESSMENT TO ENHANCE MARKET ACCESS FOOTPRINT IN EARLY DEVELOPMENT PLANNING, 2024
SENIOR ANALYST, INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT
This project was commissioned by a global healthcare pharmaceutical company to evaluate the existing integration of market access insights, both globally and locally, into the company’s early development planning, and to identify actionable recommendations and best practices for the company going forward. I worked with Copentown Healthcare Consultants as a senior analyst on the project.
In this role, I assisted Copentown in developing interview questionnaires for different functions across the company, conducting and analysing data from more than 20 in-depth interviews with company employees and three focus groups with a selection of these employees.
REPORTS ON PAY AND WORKING CONDITIONS FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS IN SOUTH AFRICA, 2023 – 2025
LEAD ANALYST, INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT
SweepSouth, an on-demand home cleaning and services platform based in South Africa, commissioned this research to offer a comprehensive view of the work and home lives of domestic workers in South Africa. This project’s output is the Annual SweepSouth Report on Pay and Working Conditions for Domestic Workers in South Africa.
In this project, I was the lead analyst and co-lead author on their Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Annual Reports. In 2023, I analysed over 5,500 responses to explore key topics such as respondents’ household and employment dynamics, earnings and spending behaviours, saving habits and debt levels, and the impacts of loadshedding on the working conditions, safety, and mental health of domestic workers. In 2024, I analysed over 5,600 responses to explore similar key topics such as family structure, employment dynamics, earnings and spending behaviours, saving habits and debt levels, mental health, and conditions for respondents after leaving employment as domestic workers. In 2025, I analysed over 5,000 responses to explore similar key topics as well as those domestic workers who have moved on to other jobs and the impact on their earnings and working conditions, with a particular lens on elderly care work.
YOUTH SERVICES MAPPING AND VERIFICATION IN SOUTH AFRICA, 2022 – 2023
CONSULTANT, INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT
The primary objective of this project, led by SALDRU at the University of Cape Town, was to map and verify government and civil society services in geographic areas within which the Basic Package of Support (BPS) programme for youth who are Not in Employment Education or Training (NEET) would be rolled out.
I worked alongside a fieldwork management company to conduct in-person verification of youth-focused services in several suburbs in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. My role in this project included the development of a survey questionnaire, survey coding on the SurveyToGo software, the development of enumerator training materials, and the data monitoring and cleaning of survey responses.
PILOT BLOCKCHAIN-BASED HOUSEHOLD ENUMERATION IN AN INFORMAL SETTLEMENT IN THE CITY OF CAPE TOWN, 2021
PROJECT MANAGER & SENIOR CONSULTANT, 71POINT4
The primary objective of this project was to pilot the application of blockchain technology for the household enumeration of an informal settlement in South Africa. A total of 156 surveys were conducted in Freedom Park informal settlement over a two-week period in March 2021. The enumeration process provided data for the City of Cape Town to validate the property claims of these households and assess their subsidy qualification.
In this project, I managed the fieldwork process across all steps from survey development to reporting. This included questionnaire development and survey coding, recruitment and training of enumerators, data gathering management and technical assistance, and analysis and reporting.
PILOT BLOCKCHAIN-BASED PROPERTY REGISTER IN KHAYELITSHA, 2019 – 2021
SENIOR CONSULTANT, 71POINT4
The primary objective of this project, conducted in partnership with the Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa (CAHF), was to develop a blockchain-based property register for subsidy houses that have never been transferred to beneficiary households. The project team developed the survey questionnaire and hired 17 previously unemployed enumerators to collect occupancy data in Makhaza, Khayelitsha, using smartphone-based CAPI software. Validated occupancy data was loaded onto a blockchain-based property register. The team also developed processes to enable households to maintain data on ownership through the Transaction Support Centre (TSC).
In this project, I coded the questionnaire onto CAPI software, trained the enumerators, managed the data monitoring and quality control processes, and validated the collected data against administrative data on subsidy housing.
TRAINING WORKSHOP FOR A NON-PROFIT ORGANISATION IN UGANDA, 2017 – 2019
CONSULTANT, EIGHTY20 CONSULTING
This project in partnership with Financial Sector Deepening Uganda (FSDU) ran workshops in Entebbe and Kampala to upskill and empower individuals working in the financial services sector in research methodologies, data analysis, packaging and presentation.
I developed the course materials focusing on the data collection, data analysis, and presentation aspects of survey research, and assisted in the facilitation of several hands-on sessions with the workshop participants.
INFORMAL SETTLEMENT ENUMERATION AND PROFILING ACROSS SOUTH AFRICA, 2012 – 2018
PROJECT MANAGER & LEAD ANALYST, EIGHTY20 CONSULTING
The Housing Development Agency (HDA) commissioned this project to design and implement an enumeration system for use in profiling informal settlements across South Africa. Between 2012 and 2018, that research gathered data in over 200 settlements in Limpopo, Mpumalanga, the Free State, the Northern Cape, North West and Gauteng.
As the project manager and lead analyst for this project, I coded the cellphone-based questionnaire onto CAPI software, trained community-based enumerators and fieldwork management service providers, provided fieldwork technical support, conducted data monitoring and quality control checks, analysed the survey data, and prepared summary reports.
INFORMAL SETTLEMENT ENUMERATION AND PROFILING IN THE WESTERN CAPE, 2016
PROJECT MANAGER & LEAD ANALYST, EIGHTY20 CONSULTING
The Housing Development Agency (HDA) commissioned this project, independent from the national enumeration process, to conduct full enumerations of households living in selected areas within Nomzamo, Strand, in the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, and households living in selected areas within Ward 4 of the Knysna Local Municipality. In total 14 informal settlements were enumerated, comprising 5,074 households and 9,402 individuals enumerated and profiled.
As the project manager and lead analyst for this project, I was involved in all steps of the process; namely community engagement, questionnaire development and survey coding, recruitment and training of enumerators, data gathering management and technical assistance, and analysis and reporting.
PROFILE AND STATUS QUO OF INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA, 2011 & 2013
LEAD ANALYST, EIGHTY20 CONSULTING
The Housing Development Agency (HDA) commissioned this research to investigate the availability of data and to analyse the data relating to the profile, status and trends in informal settlements in South Africa, nationally and provincially as well as for some of the larger municipalities. The report was initially published in 2011 and updated in 2013 with newly released Census 2011 data as well as actual enumeration data collected by the HDA in five municipalities in Limpopo province.
As the lead analyst for this project, I analysed the Census data and other nationally representative survey data sets such as the Community Survey and General Household Surveys, as well as detailed enumeration data collected by the HDA in Limpopo province, and assisted in the writing of the final research reports.
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