Collaborated with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in the delivery of Australia’s bilateral program and development efforts of Australia and Alumni with an aim to develop the Bangladesh portfolio. Led and developed a high-performing team, oversaw multi-million-dollar budgets and identified opportunities for international engagement, and built cross-sector connections, enhancing outcomes for First Nations representation in Bangladesh, enabling ongoing autonomous networks post-establishment.

Key achievements:
🔹Selected as the practice lead of Gender Equality, Disability Social Inclusion (GEDSI), executing innovative inclusion initiatives based on industry best practices and incorporating GEDSI      principles across programs through the leadership of the Australia Awards South Asia and Mongolia (AASAM) working group.
🔹Collaborated with key stakeholders internally and externally across government in developing annual strategic plans, setting strategic priorities in Bangladesh, leading to the execution and delivery of multiple initiatives and AASAM pertaining to indigenous knowledge and cultural exchange.
🔹Scoped, developed, and implemented the annual scholarship program, leading the interviewing, scoring, and shortlisting of candidates in close collaboration with internationally dispersed stakeholders across the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).
🔹Leveraged diversity of thought, proposed, and influenced the engagement of two Australian First Nations representatives through the Australian Professional Opportunities program through the Dhaka Lit Festival.
🔹Improved engagement with the first office-based International Indigenous Day, an International Day of Disability, successfully delivering on the Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.
🔹Developed and delivered unconscious bias workshops in collaboration with the Australian High Commission, successfully increasing awareness of unconscious bias and its impacts, minimising influence on selection.