KADIRI PATRICK OTARU
POLICY ANALYST | ADDRESS: WILBAHI UNION HOMES ESTATE,
ALONG AIRPORT ROAD, ABUJA
OBJECTIVE
To add value to any organization that I
work for. I have over 6 years of
experience from the development and
communications industries, which I
believe will be of immense help to my
subsequent employers.
SKILLS
Primary / Secondary Research, Public
Policy Analysis, Networking / Key
Stakeholder
Engagement,
Project
Management and Events Management.
EDUCATION
POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA • 2016 •
OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY
Functional Concentration - Business
Management Studies (Pass).
B.SC • 2011 • UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA
Functional Concentration - Economics
(Second Class Lower Division).
ORGANIZATIONAL
RELATIONSHIPS &
NETWORKS
Office
for
Social
Investment
Programmes; Ministry of Trade &
Investment; Central Bank of Nigeria;
National Information & Technology
Development Agency; National Budget
Office; and Nigeria Customs Service.
KADIRIOTARUP@GMAIL.
COM
EXPERIENCE
ECONOMIC SPECIALIST • FOREIGN DIPLOMATIC MISSION • MAY 2018 – TO DATE
Researching significant local policy issues on behalf of the foreign diplomatic mission.
Also, engaging top Nigerian government officials about the impact of public policy on
ongoing commercial activities of foreign companies in Nigeria.
SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST • CMC CONNECT (BURSON COHN & WOLFE) • NOVEMBER
2017 – FEBRUARY 2018
While working as a Technical Assistant / Adviser to the office of the Group Managing
Director, I analyzed various sectors of the economy to produce information which fed
into the firm’s overall corporate strategy; and I marketed the company's products and
services to external stakeholders (i.e. potential clients and partners).
ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT • AFRICAPRACTICE R&B • OCTOBER 2015 – OCTOBER 2017
I supported the local Intelligence & Analysis team in the process of researching socioeconomic and political issues specific to the Nigerian market. I also provided content
for the firm’s Africa Upfront / InDepth Blogging Platforms, Stakeholder Mapping
Reports, Concept Notes, Proposals and SWOT / Political & Economic Analysis Reports.
RESEARCHER • NIGERIAN ECONOMIC SUMMIT GROUP (NESG) • FEBRUARY 2013 –
OCTOBER 2015
I coordinated all meetings and policy dialogues of the NESG's Trade, Investment &
Competitiveness Policy Commission (TICPC), as well as served as a rapporteur at
several NESG events. I handled the NESG's social media accounts; gathered morning
news to disseminate to all NESG stakeholders; carried out research on various socioeconomic matters pertaining to Nigeria; and participated in data collection exercises
(on behalf of the World Economic Forum [WEF]). I also wrote Concept Notes for several
initiatives and programmes driven by the NESG or TICPC.
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE OR LEADERSHIP
Guided tourists who attended the first edition of British Council's Open House Lagos
(OHL), an event that show-cased the best of architecture across the city of Lagos
(Nigeria).
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