My work sits at the intersection of AI policy, state capacity, and development economics.
Currently
2025–
Head of Data and AI Policy Partnerships —
International Growth Centre, LSE
2026–
Faculty Affiliate —
LSE Data Science Institute
Previously
2023–25
Senior Country Manager, Zambia —
International Growth Centre, LSE
2021–23
Country Economist, Zambia —
International Growth Centre, LSE
2018–21
Policy Economist – Cities —
International Growth Centre, University of Oxford
Education
2017–18
MSc Development Management
(Applied Development Economics) —
London School of Economics
2013–16
BSc International Development —
University of London
Convening & events
2026
Co-organiser, Governing with AI in Low- and Middle-Income Countries — IGC–World Bank conference, LSE
2025
Organiser & moderator, LSE Data for Effective Policy Roundtable
2024
Organiser and speaker, Zambia Economic Growth Forum — President, Cabinet, IMF leadership
2024
Speaker, CHOGM 2024
2022
Organiser, Zambia Economic Growth Forum
2022
Speaker, CHOGM 2022
2022
Member, Prime Minister of Pakistan Innovation Hub Panel
2019
Co-organiser, World Bank Urbanisation Conference
Podcasts & interviews
2026
“How to deliver economic growth in an uncertain world?” —
Consortium for Development Policy Research Podcast
2023
Critical minerals and economic development in Africa —
VoxDev
2022
The Pakistan Experience — Pakistan’s budget and economic reform
Also featured in: Financial Times, BBC, The Africa Report, Al Jazeera
Selected writing & publications
2025
“From promise to practice: AI in LMIC governments” — IGC Blog
2025
“From data to decisions: Improving data use in governments” — IGC Blog
2025
“How to navigate the data jungle in emerging economies” — LSE Business Review
2025
“Five things to know about critical minerals” — VoxDev
2025
“Transition-critical minerals” — IGC Policy Paper
2024
“Unlocking economic prosperity in the Zambian Copperbelt” — IGC Policy Paper
2024
“Positioning Zambia for a copper-plus future” — IGC Policy Paper
2024
“The case against technocrats” — Dawn
2023
“COVID-19 and taxes: Policies for the post-pandemic recovery” — IGC Policy Paper
2023
“Unlocking the potential of Zambia’s administrative data” — IGC Policy Paper
2023
“What constrains agricultural productivity in Zambia?” — IGC Policy Paper
2022
“Informal settlements in Lusaka” — IGC Policy Paper
2021
“Landlords Inc.” — Dawn
2020
“Making policy decisions under uncertainty” — IGC Blog
2020
“Devolve more power to cities: they will need it more than ever” — LSE Blog
2020
“In defence of density” — IGC Blog
2020
“Delivering urban development: PPPs and other procurement options for urban infrastructure and services” — IGC Policy Paper
2020
“Urban property taxes in Pakistan’s Punjab” — IGC Policy Paper
2019
“Designed to succeed: Building authorising environments for fast-growing cities” — IGC Policy Paper
2019
“Sugar and the making of a rentier economy” — Express Tribune