Sheena Amin

Senior strategy and policy executive with over a decade of experience across fintech, central government, and a successful strategic secondment to launch a £12 billion state-backed policy bank. Proven track record advising department directors and Boards on complex economic and regulatory issues, including providing the foundational, high-sensitivity analytical counsel submitted to the Chancellor of the Exchequer for a critical, cross-government fiscal strategy. Co-authored the policy bank's inaugural Strategic Business Plan, managed cross-border stakeholder networks, and highly adept at leveraging AI tools to optimise daily workflows and drive operational efficiency.

Geopolitical Risk Analysis & Market Analysis - Independent Market Analyst - London

(2024-01)

• AI-Driven Workflow Optimisation: Leveraged AI tools to optimise daily workflows and drive operational efficiency; integrated generative AI to parse complex geopolitical data streams and quickly extract granular, detailed insights from global events.
• Macro Strategy & Capital Deployment: Managed an independent trading portfolio, allocating capital and managing risk across asset classes based on how macroeconomic and political trends impacted global markets.
• Career Sabbatical: Paused corporate career to undertake rigorous professional culinary training. Selected to manage high-volume operational systems and logistical workflows for a premier culinary brand during a high-pressure event (Taste of London), driving a 20% gain in production efficiency.

Head of Economic Impacts | Head of Competitive Advantage - Department for Transport (DfT) - London

(2019-03 - 2024-01)

• Multidisciplinary Crisis Leadership: Commanded a multidisciplinary team within a fast-moving matrix organisation to design, negotiate, and execute a £6.5 million emergency financial intervention to secure critical national routes. Secured joint ministerial sign-off from the Secretary of State and Chief Secretary to the Treasury, stress-tested private operator accounts, and personally led sensitive commercial clawback negotiations with corporate CEOs.
• Strategic Counsel & Advisory: Selected for a core advisory group managing highly sensitive commercial and political data; directly briefed Department Directors and provided the foundational analytical counsel submitted to and actioned by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to dictate a critical, cross-departmental policy framework.
• Complex Structural Problem Solving: Navigated intricate maritime regulatory frameworks and financial structures to design a viable operational workaround for a systemic gap affecting 11,000 seafarers excluded from national crisis support.
• Rapid Operational Deployment: Co-led Brexit contingency planning just one month after joining the department. Drafted and delivered comprehensive contingency briefings across four central government departments, translating rapid regulatory flux into live operational guidance for 50+ senior officials.
• Global Stakeholder Alignment: Partnered with the Department for Business and Trade to represent economic interests directly to foreign sovereign wealth funds; built international intelligence networks across Europe and North America to align competing interests and inform UK policy.
• Operational Systems Design: Designed and deployed a centralised workflow architecture from scratch during Covid-19, eliminating systemic duplication and returning 10 hours of weekly capacity to a core division within a 300-person directorate.

Head of Digital Infrastructure and Deputy Head of Strategy (Strategic Secondment from DfT) - UK Infrastructure Bank - Leeds

(2021-09 - 2023-08)

• Zero-to-One Institutional Setup: Secured Director General sign-off for a high-profile strategic secondment to help operationalise a £12 billion state-backed policy bank from scratch; established core operational and strategic frameworks within a high-visibility, fast-moving environment.
• Strategic Planning & Board Alignment: Co-authored the Bank's inaugural Strategic Business Plan; drove cross-functional alignment across investment, risk, and portfolio teams navigating a complex and volatile UK regulatory landscape to secure executive and Board consensus.
• Commercial Deal Leadership: Led the cross-functional commercial and policy architecture for a £50 million public infrastructure investment; translated complex financial modeling into definitive, Board-ready strategic recommendations under direct executive cross-examination.
• Tech Infrastructure Strategy: Evaluated global technological and regulatory shifts across 5G and climate-tech; reframed market ambiguity into highly structured commercial opportunities, directly enabling a £250 million broadband investment.

Deputy Team Leader | Senior Product & Product Analyst - Bloomberg - London

(2015-02 - 2019-03)

• EMEA Operational & Data Leadership: Promoted to deputy leadership of the EMEA credit analysis and syndicated loans teams; directed regional data operations while collaborating across Asia-Pacific (APAC) and the Americas to drive global product alignment and address international client concerns.
• Workflow Automation & Cross-Functional Sprints: Coordinated agile sprints across 10 global teams to optimise automated data-validation tools and electronic workflows, establishing global consistency and significantly reducing manual operational friction across EMEA, the Americas, and APAC.
• Product Strategy & Executive Engagement: Led targeted international engagement strategies with C-suite and executive stakeholders across 80 global institutional clients to evaluate product usage; identified systemic data gaps to drive the largest product enhancements in the team's 7-year history.
• Operational Excellence & Programme Management: Only analyst of 11 to exceed monthly research targets for 10 consecutive months; selected from over 100 analysts globally to project manage the EMEA Global Data Summer Internship Programme, rated best in five years by senior management.

MSc - Empires, Colonialism and Globalisation - London School of Economics

BA (Hons) - French and History - University of Warwick