I'm a freelance practitioner who helps organisations with analytical and operational heavy-lifting: research and insight, strategy development, sustainability reporting, and programme delivery. I can get complicated things done simply.
Let's talkI'm a researcher, strategist, and programme manager with roughly 10 years' experience across consultancies, agencies, and think tanks. I have an MSc in Environment and Sustainability from Birkbeck, University of London, and I'm currently pursuing independent academic research alongside my consulting work.
My career has two threads that tend to reinforce each other. The first is research and strategy: understanding complex problems, synthesising evidence, and turning analysis into defensible strategies and clear written outputs. The second is operations and programme management: designing and delivering multi-stakeholder programmes, managing budgets and timelines, coordinating across teams and geographies, and generally making sure things actually happen.
I'm particularly drawn to work that sits at the intersection of sustainability, policy, and systemic risk. I've worked across sectors including FMCG, healthcare, financial services, social enterprise, and global development.
I work with consultancies as a subcontractor, with think tanks and nonprofits as a collaborator, and I'm equally comfortable producing white-label client deliverables or managing a programme end-to-end.
These are sample deliverables created for this portfolio — the type of analytical and strategic work I produce. Real client work is confidential, but these show the thinking, rigour, and output quality you'd get.
Interactive data-driven analysis of fan travel emissions at the 2025 British Grand Prix. Bottom-up estimation revealing that a single race weekend's fan footprint equals 24% of F1's entire annual reported emissions — a category they don't report.
Cross-jurisdictional regulatory analysis covering the Omnibus I Directive, UK SRS timeline, and practical implications for dual-framework companies. Demonstrates rapid synthesis of complex, evolving policy landscapes into actionable recommendations.
End-to-end strategy deliverable for a hypothetical mid-cap manufacturer: materiality-led pillar design, KPI frameworks linked to business value drivers, and an 18-month phased implementation roadmap. Shows the logic flow from research findings to strategic priorities to operational delivery.
A novel approach to double materiality assessment using multi-criteria decision analysis (AHP-TOPSIS). Demonstrates rigorous, auditable scoring methodology that makes materiality determination replicable across engagements.
Research proposal developing a quality assessment framework for AI-assisted Scope 3 emissions tools. Three workstreams: systematic literature review, comparative platform analysis, and quality framework development. Demonstrates structured research design and the ability to navigate complex, uncertain data environments.
I work in two ways: as a subcontractor to consultancies (white-label research, strategy, and reporting under your brand) and as a direct collaborator with organisations that need someone who can do the thinking and make things run.
The analytical side: regulatory research, policy analysis, evidence synthesis, materiality assessments, strategy development, and disclosure-quality report writing. I produce outputs that hold up to board and auditor scrutiny and go straight to the client with minimal editing.
The getting-things-done side: programme management, multi-stakeholder coordination, budget management. I've delivered multi-country programmes, rescued projects that were going sideways, and managed budgets into the hundreds of thousands.
Whether I'm subcontracting or embedded in a team, the approach is the same: I don't need much briefing, I flag issues early, and I'm used to working autonomously in fast-moving, ambiguous environments. Based in GMT+2 with strong UK/EU working-hours overlap.
Maybe you need research and reporting support, or perhaps you're after an operations lead for a tricky project. Or maybe you need someone who does it all? Either way, I'd love to have a conversation and see if we click.
immyfeenan@gmail.com