Experience
Economist, RBC Thought Leadership
Royal Bank of Canada · Toronto · 2022 — present
- Co-author and contributor on RBC's flagship reports, including Capital Gains and Climate Action — analytical publications that inform Canadian policy, investment and corporate decision-making.
- Design and run quantitative research on the Canadian economy, turning data into clear views and insights.
- Built and maintain the Institute's two flagship analytical assets, Climate Capital Flows and the Climate Action Barometer, referenced by industry and government stakeholders; led cross-domain research across four iterations of the annual report.
- Designed and ran consumer and CEO survey programs end to end: questionnaire design, vendor management, analysis and publication.
- Contributor to the newsletters Current Account, Trade Zone and Climate Crunch, reaching more than 30,000 readers.
Research Associate, RBC Economics
Royal Bank of Canada · Toronto · 2019 — 2021
- Collected and analyzed macroeconomic data for publications, client presentations and ad-hoc requests prioritized by the Chief and Deputy Chief Economist.
- Maintained departmental databases covering macroeconomic indicators, interest rates and exchange rates, supporting forecasting and client-facing analysis.
Banking Advisor, RBC Personal Banking
Royal Bank of Canada · Toronto · 2018 — 2019
Research Projects (Python & R)
Research Professional
Prof. Alissa M. Kleinnijenhuis (currently at Columbia University) · Remote · 2024 — 2025
- Built country-specific coal phase-out pathways by adjusting NGFS emissions scenarios against carbon budgets using asset-level fossil-fuel facility data (paper, code).
- Quantified country-level economic and health co-benefits of fossil-fuel phase-out versus business-as-usual using global grid-level geospatial datasets (Nature comment, code).
- Outputs supported engagement with the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action at COP29 and underpin a developing-country pathways dashboard with the Forward Global Institute.
Short-Term Consultant, Research
World Bank Group · Remote · 2023 — 2024
- Designed a novel methodology to measure green employment in developing labour markets, combining occupational data with task-based green-skills taxonomies.
- Contributed the analysis for the green-skills chapter of the flagship report Choosing Our Future: Education for Climate Action.
- Research supported World Bank engagement at COP28 and informed policy dialogue with MENA-region governments on clean-energy workforce planning.
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Master in Data, Economics and Development Policy · 2022 · GPA 4.8/5.0
University of British Columbia
BSc Economics, high concentration in mathematics and statistics · 2013 — 2017 · GPA 4.0/4.33
Credentials & Skills
| CFA Level I | 2019 |
| CFA Level II | planned |
| CFA Institute Certificate in Climate Risk, Valuation and Investing | 2025 |
| Python, R, Tableau, Excel |
Extracurricular
Toronto Association for Business & Economics
Board Member
MIT Alumni Club of Toronto
Leadership · Event programming and alumni engagement
UBC Alumni Mentorship Program
Mentor
Honours
| RBC PH&N Investment Counsel — CFA Scholarship & Career Mentorship Program | 2024 |
| CFA Institute Scholarship | 2018 |
| Azerbaijan Government Scholarship Program | 2013 — 2017 |
| Deputy Vice-Chancellor Scholarship for International Students | 2014, 2015 |
| International Student Faculty Award | 2014 |