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About Me

I am a Senior Programme Manager and Public Policy Advisor operating at the intersection of media, governance, and social change. With over 12 years of cross-sector experience spanning Dow Jones, BBC Media Action, the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the International Telecommunication Union, and the United Nations, I specialise in steering complex, high-stakes portfolios to completion.

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Currently leading Risk & Compliance and B2B Sales initiatives within Global Strategic Business Operations at Dow Jones, I combine agile frameworks with analytical precision to remove friction, streamline workflows, and drive data-informed decisions. My broader expertise spans capacity building, gender equality, humanitarian assistance, and media systems.

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I hold a Master of Public Policy (MPP) from the University of Oxford, am a Chatham House Academy Alumna, and serve as an International Strategy Forum Fellow with Schmidt Futures. As a writer, speaker, and content creator, I am dedicated to democratising public policy through accessible digital storytelling, while leveraging my acting background to explore narrative as a tool for societal shift.

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Rooted in my multicultural Lebanese-Greek heritage, I am fully bilingual in English and French, with working proficiency in Arabic and Spanish.

Education

University of Oxford
Master's in Public Policy, 2020
(Full Scholarship) 

Fordham University, 2015
Graduate Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance, Honors, 2015 
(Full Scholarship)
 

University of Copenhagen
Exchange Year, 2014

University of Paris VII - Paris Diderot
Bachelor's in Sociology, Honors, 2014

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