Tara Hermans

Lead technical scoping and drafting for client proposals, translating requirements into cost-effective project scopes and budgets. Strengthen future social development programme design by translating lessons learned from prior monitoring and evaluation projects into stronger technical proposals.

Travelled in Australia and earned a supervisory promotion within the first month by resolving live guest issues and managing high-volume service periods in customer-facing hospitality roles.

Delivered stakeholder events for COP29, the Steel Committee, and GFSEC, engaging 250+ policymakers. Managed the OECD's flagship Global Steel Market Outlook and co-edited a policy paper on steel decarbonisation.

Advanced SDG 16 priorities in the Caribbean by synthesising fast-changing governance and economic developments into multilingual updates for the UN Suriname Resident Coordinator's Office.

Informed the OECD Immersive Technologies Policy Primer by conducting structured regulatory research on emerging technologies. Assessed innovation and public safety implications across immersive and AI systems by supporting expert focus groups.

Provided client advisory support during ERP software implementations, independently running workshops with senior stakeholders and helping teams embed new digital tools into their operations. Mitigated risks during live data migrations by designing an SOP to identify and escalate discrepancies.

Built a market intelligence database of 300+ companies across the global solar sector through quantitative and desk-based research to support outreach and partnership targeting.

Earned a certificate in AI Fluency Framework and Foundations, covering human-AI collaboration, responsible use, effective delegation, and ethical AI engagement.

Completed a course on Green Fiscal Policy covering fiscal instruments for the energy transition, green economy strategies, and international climate policy collaboration.

Activities and societies: Leiden Leadership Programme (competitive honours programme)

Master's in Public Administration, including the competitive Leiden Leadership Programme. Thesis on Sri Lanka's 2019 tax reform with a socio-economic development lens.

Exchange semester in Public Policy with coursework in Finance for the SDGs, Development Economics, and Migration and Integration Policies. Group project applying RCT and difference-in-differences methods.

Bachelor's in International Business Administration. Thesis on quantitative regression analysis of financial literacy, gender, and mobile payment adoption.

Completed the International Baccalaureate programme.