Elizabeth Nora Duğral

Deliver credit analysis and transaction appraisal expertise for an AI research program, reviewing investment memos and financial statements. Guide management on business development domain strategy during LLM training cycles.

Run an executive English-fluency coaching practice for senior executives in finance and multinational roles. Advise on business strategy, M&A negotiation, and PE pitch books, and launched an AI-powered platform for client engagement.

Advised on legal registration, governance, and funding architecture for an agricultural development organization. Built institutional pitch books, led investment negotiations, and structured blended-finance instruments that mobilized a 60% increase in private capital.

Identified a $170,000 revenue misstatement through root-cause analysis of ERP data and wrote the first Compliance & Audit Check SOP. Built an ESG framework supporting 23 portfolio companies and managed fiduciary oversight on cross-jurisdiction bookings.

Promoted to CFO/COO and joined the Senior Management Team at age 25. Originated and closed a $5M sovereign education-infrastructure PPP, secured an $8M commitment from the Pharo Foundation, and won $3.1M across three USAID awards.

Led the operational start-up of a $12M education infrastructure project, Barwaaqo University, through a six-month government approval delay. Managed construction tendering, security negotiations, and operational commissioning, and cut operational expenses by 20%.

Coordinated funding partnerships with eight international donors, including financial proposal modeling and reporting for an agronomy and water-development program. Developed the financial framework for a community water-filtration infrastructure project.

Grade: Honours

Master of Science in Global Management with Honours, awarded top 5% in cohort for Economics research on East African cash crop markets.

Post-graduate fellowship for 1.5 years of research in Bolivia.

Grade: Summa Cum Laude

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Humanities, Speech & Linguistics, Spanish, graduated Summa Cum Laude and Founder's Scholar.