About

Having adopted London as my home since 2012, I live in the Highbury neighbourhood of Islington while working four stops down the Piccadilly Line at SOAS. You can read more about my work at SOAS on the Research page.

Before my current position, I undertook my PhD at the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. Before that, I studied for a BA in Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (Japanese Studies) at the University of Cambridge, an MA in Korean Studies and East Asian Politics (with intensive Korean language) at SOAS, and an MSc in International Relations (Research) at LSE.

Between these undergraduate and postgraduate studies, I also attended law school and qualified as a solicitor at the London law firm Slaughter and May, where I worked as an international competition lawyer. During my legal career, I also spent time working in Dubai, Brussels and Tokyo, including a six-month secondment to the Japanese firm Anderson Mori & Tomotsune.