Dependency cascade model with an interactive viewer, separating measured weights from analyst judgement and running sensitivity analysis over the judgements. Python, SQLite, NetworkX. Code and data published.
Curriculum vitae
Open source intelligence practitioner with a published portfolio, a regional specialism in the Eastern Mediterranean, and bilingual Greek alongside proficient Italian.
Three method-led OSINT case studies published under my own byline, covering sanctions enforcement, maritime verification and aviation identification. A forty page study of Chinese state-linked ownership across eleven Mediterranean container terminals, assessed against NATO logistical exposure. A Memorandum on UK posture in the Eastern Mediterranean published by the Council on Geostrategy and subsequently reported by UK Defence Journal, and two contributions to Chatham House's Common Futures programme.
Currently undertaking Knightsbridge Strategic Group's Professional Experience Intelligence Track on a Middle East portfolio, and working as a freelance research analyst for Dilitas Ltd. Undertaking the process to join 3 Military Intelligence Battalion as a Reservist.
Experience
Research Analyst, freelance
Dilitas Ltd Aug 2026 – present- Paid open source research for a UK surveillance and investigations company. Produced a pre-task subject profile inside an hour, used directly by a team on deployment, and reported observations back to it.
- Weekend tasking, under commercial client confidentiality throughout.
Head of Communications, Summer School
Aiglon College, Switzerland Summers 2025 and 2026- Manage digital safeguarding for a UHNW pupil cohort and contribute to on-campus operational security under strict welfare, reputational and access protocols, assessing incidents involving minors in real time and escalating correctly on first assessment.
- Conduct ongoing social media research on competing international schools and the wider Swiss market, informing internal positioning.
- Act as primary liaison between senior school leadership and external film and media crews, managing complex requirements with discretion.
- Direct digital strategy for an international programme, including relationships with Manchester City and the Bear Grylls Survival Academy. Produced the most engaged Instagram posts in the school's history.
Sales Administrator
Pharos Response, London Sept 2025 – Jan 2026- Managed the full sales cycle at a crisis and reputation consultancy, from inbound lead through to close, working autonomously within a small team and in a confidentiality-sensitive environment.
- Brought in institutional clients including the RAF and the Diana Trust.
- Owned the pipeline in Zoho CRM and supporting spreadsheets, keeping accurate records across concurrent opportunities to short deadlines and following matters through to completion without prompting.
Work placements
Winckworth Sherwood LLP and HCR Law, London 2024 – 2025- Analysed policy and legal documentation on Commercial and Media Law desks; legal research, document review and case preparation.
Head of Publicity and Marketing
Exeter Engineers RFC 2023 – 2024- Exercised editorial judgement on reputational risk, including a decision not to publish a viral tour video that would have damaged the club's standing with the university, its sponsors and its members. Comparable clubs later faced consequences for similar material.
- Built a digital strategy generating over 600,000 TikTok views and a 50% rise in Instagram engagement.
Also founded and led Pacexeter Run Club at the University of Exeter, 2024 to 2025, growing membership from a standing start.
Selected output
Forty page study of Chinese state-linked ownership across eleven Mediterranean container terminals against NATO logistical exposure. Dimension-specific confidence grading and Analysis of Competing Hypotheses. Unpublished, available on request.
Council on Geostrategy, Britain's World, August 2026, reported by UK Defence Journal on 24 August 2026. Chatham House Common Futures, April and June 2026. Three OSINT case studies on Substack, June 2026.
Skills
Investigative
Companies House, BVI registries, ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database, OpenSanctions, OFAC SDN. Maltego. Geolocation, imagery verification and aviation identification. Entity resolution on partial-match records.
Analytical
Analysis of Competing Hypotheses, claim-by-claim confidence grading, explicit recording of intelligence gaps. The threat intelligence lifecycle from direction through to dissemination.
Technical
Python, used to build and publish MedGraph, including API extraction, a SQLite schema and a graph engine. SQL for querying, joining and aggregating. Kepler.gl for analytical mapping. Excel.
Languages
Bilingual English and Greek. Proficient Italian. Modern Standard Arabic begun. GCSE French.
Toolset
Geospatial and imagery. Kepler.gl for analytical mapping. Google Earth Pro, QGIS, Mapillary, KartaView, SunCalc. ExifTool, FotoForensics, Yandex, TinEye.
Tracking. ADS-B Exchange, FlightAware, MarineTraffic, IMF PortWatch.
Corporate and sanctions. Companies House, BVI registries, ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database, OpenSanctions, OFAC SDN. Maltego CE, Hunchly.
Data. Python (requests, BeautifulSoup, pandas, NetworkX), SQL and SQLite, UN Comtrade API, Excel.
Training
- Professional Experience Intelligence Track, Knightsbridge Strategic Group, September to November 2026
- Corporate Risk and Crisis Management, Institute of Strategic Risk Management, October 2026, a Level 5 course
- Surveillance training, Dilitas Ltd, September 2026
- Maltego for Cybercrime Investigations, Maltego Technologies GmbH, July 2026
- Bellingcat Online Investigation Toolkit, May to June 2026
- Harvard CS50P, Python, in progress
- Verification Handbook, EU Disinformation Lab, read May 2026, and applied in the published case studies
- A Tradecraft Primer: Structured Analytic Techniques for Improving Intelligence Analysis, CIA, read 2026, and applied throughout the analytical work
- Business and Financial Modeling Specialization, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania, August 2026. Five courses: quantitative modelling, spreadsheets and models, modelling risk and realities, decision-making and scenarios, and the capstone
- Regulatory Compliance Specialization, University of Pennsylvania, August 2026
- Introduction to the Threat Intelligence Lifecycle, IBM, August 2026
- GIS and Spatial Analysis, University of Toronto, 2026
- SQL Foundations, Microsoft, August 2026
- Microsoft Office Specialist, certified
- AML Fundamentals
- AI in Global Competition: The Intelligence Edge, Special Competitive Studies Project, August 2026
Education
BA (Hons) Classics with Italian, 2:1
University of Exeter 2022 – 2025- Trained in building evidence-based arguments from fragmentary and incomplete source material, which is most of what open source work involves.
- Best Delegation, Bath Model United Nations.
A-Levels A*AA, 10 GCSEs
St James Senior Boys' School, LondonMemberships
Member, Chatham House. Member, Royal United Services Institute, and of RUSI NextGen since March 2026.