Gianluca Storchi

Experience

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  Bone Wells Urbecon Ltd

  Jul 2009 - Aug 2009

  Intern

  Carried out an impact evaluation of a Digital Inclusion project through questionnaire design, dissemination and primary data collection. Also undertook a cost-benefit analysis of proposed settlement in Cambridge, UK.

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  Mojiva

  May 2012 - Jul 2012

  Account Manager

  Successfully delivered mobile advertising campaigns for clients, including the Angry Birds mobile game, via thoughtfully targeted and precisely executed ads that maximised ROI.

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  Africa Economics

  Aug 2014 - Mar 2015

  Research Analyst

  ▪ Worked directly with Managing Director, Dr David Ndii, to better inform the decisions of a client – a large real estate developer ▪ Compiled macro data from various sources to build time series data sets for residential and non-residential buildings in the main towns of Kenya. Carried out analysis to find trends using Excel ▪ Statistical analysis of cross sectional, household level data on residential housing in urban parts of Kenya using STATA software with the aim of finding relationships between household tenure and demographics ▪ Investigated the optimal House Price Index for Kenya given the available data and end-user objectives Show less

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  FinAfrica Inclusion Partners

  Mar 2015 - Feb 2017

  Consultant - Economic Analyst

  Produced a monthly Economic Brief delivered as a concise written report, tracking key economic and financial indicators, and highlighting emerging risks and opportunities to the client, a bank. This entailed providing strategic inputs on economic analysis covering a wide range of domestic, regional and global economic trends, financial market developments and the outlook.

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  Strathmore Business School (SBS) / Financial Sector Deepening Kenya (FSDK)

  Jun 2015 - Feb 2017

  Programme Manager

  I was part of the very first training program that targeted policy makers across multiple financial sector regulatory bodies. Also held the position of program manager for various courses in the Executive Education department at Strathmore Business School. Planned and delivered engaging learning programs from start to finish, managed core client relationships for ongoing programs, evaluated key learning outcomes and metrics within learning programs and adapted the design and delivery of the training courses to resolve issues in real time. Show less

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  USAID

  Jul 2015 - Aug 2015

  Consultant - Research Analyst

  USAID Financial Inclusion for Rural Microenterprises (FIRM) worked with the County Government of Taita-Taveta to develop a strategic plan for social and economic development centred on 20 flagship projects across six sectors: ▪ Maintained accurate records of all relevant information and data collected during field interviews ▪ Conducted secondary research to assess the interventions listed under the flagship projects and identified key issues relating to the Taita-Taveta strategic investment plan ▪ Supported the lead consultant in generating implementation matrices for each of the flagship projects Show less

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  StratLink

  Feb 2017 - Apr 2021

  Senior Research Analyst

  Data analysis: Responsible for quantitative analysis of client data outside of financial modelling. Regularly requires data cleaning and sorting including addressing missing values, duplications and incorrect recording of information. Examples include investigating loan uptake, repayments and other relevant user behaviours in excel as part of due diligence into a company providing unsecured loans to SMEs; analysis of sales data from agro-dealers in Tanzania against a range of other metrics to assess the feasibility of a client’s international expansion strategy. Extensive interrogation of client data to understand key trends and support financial model building, especially the generation of assumptions. I package analysis and findings in documents presented internally, to clients and to investors using clear and succinct language as well as appropriate charts and infographics.Research, analysis and writing: Generate a monthly report analyzing the economy and debt and equity sectors of select African countries which is published on the company LinkedIn page. Successfully completed research projects commissioned by clients covering agriculture, WASH and energy. Utilize platforms including Bloomberg, PitchBook and Fitch Connect.Transaction advisory support: Write marketing materials ranging from investment teasers to investment memorandums for deals ranging from USD 2M - 15M. Including carrying out relevant industry research covering market sizing, the regulatory environment, competitor analysis and more. Clients work in varied sectors spanning agriculture, energy, tech, logistics, financial services. Show less

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  PULA

  Nov 2021 - Aug 2022

  Associate Manager, Consulting and Research
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  GSMA

  Sept 2022 - now

  Lead quantitative analysis on various projects, generate reports and write blogs. Responsible for collecting, cleaning and analysing data for the annual State of the Industry Report on mobile money. Generate benchmark reports for some of the largest mobile money providers globally.

  • Data Manager

    Jan 2024 - now

  • Senior Data Analyst, Mobile Money

    Sept 2022 - Dec 2023