About
A quantitative economist by training, I spent over a decade founding and directing Les Lieux Vivants before evaluating frontier AI models and earning AIGP certification. I bring a hands-on, practical background to a researcher's grounding in AI governance.
Approach
Aligning what an organisation says it stands for with how it actually governs its use of AI, beyond the baseline of regulatory compliance.
Experience
Building trust at scale
Full record
- Conceived and produced Paris Night Market: 21 editions, 250,000+ visitors, 750+ creators, 120+ media features
- Temporary activation of semi-public spaces through eco-cultural events: Le Consulat (Paris Montparnasse), L'Orfèvrerie (Saint-Denis), La Grande Surface (Paris Opéra), La Cité Fertile (Pantin)
- Corporate and CSR events for Crédit Coopératif, AFD, and ICADE; institutional partnerships with La Villette and Who's Next
- Selected into four accelerator and incubator programmes: Social Starter (City of Paris), L'envolée (Crédit Coopératif), HEC Mercure Booster, French Event Booster (Paris&Co)
- Finalist team for major urban calls-for-projects: Réinventer Paris II, the Hôtel-Dieu urban transformation, MOVE Marseille, and Reinventing Cities: Porte de Montreuil
Community as practice
Full record
- Turned a self-organised artistic residency into a three-day performance festival
- Co-curated 70 artists across performance, visual, and interdisciplinary practices; 2,400 attendees across multiple venues
- Secured ILGA Europe funding through a self-written grant proposal
Testing the machines
Full record
- Designed adversarial prompts to identify model failure modes; evaluated AI-generated financial analyses (credit risk, stress testing, compliance)
- Created domain-specific training data, including French-language RLHF tracks; reviewed and calibrated other evaluators' work
- Promoted to Senior Reviewer on output quality
Numbers, before AI
Full record
- Founded a data start-up bringing quantitative analysis to the art market
- Managed a team of three data scientists plus an offshore team
- Collected and categorised 5M+ data points on auctions, exhibitions, and press
- Built descriptive and forecasting tools feeding bespoke market reports
Reading the market
Full record
- Drafted weekly art market reports for a professional newsletter with 100,000+ subscribers; produced in-depth analyses on individual artists including Jeff Koons, Sigmar Polke, Marc Quinn, and Wim Delvoye
- Developed financial models and market reports for consigned artworks and potential acquisitions; worked directly with clients to explain financial strategy
- Optimised database infrastructure and implemented statistical and analytical tools for market data
- Proposed and built a company-wide system to centralise information and automate recurring tasks
Teaching alongside it all
Full record
- Wrote a six-booklet preparation series for the quantitative GMAT
- Trained new tutors
- Taught group classes and coached candidates one to one
Skills
Research & Evaluation
Frontier-model evaluation and red-teaming · adversarial prompt design · econometric and statistical analysis (Stata, SPSS, R) · experimental design.
Delivery & Operations
Founding and directing organisations · multi-project event production across 20+ editions · budgets and financial reporting · teams of up to 8.
Partnerships & Funding
Relations with public agencies, funders, and institutional partners · consortium bids for public calls · grant writing.
Writing & Communication
Analyst and research reporting · press relations · content and editorial · curriculum authoring and teaching.
Certifications & awards
Association work
Legal and social support to LGBTQI+ migrants and asylum seekers through their asylum procedures.
Co-founded the association and built its structure, governance, and framework for ongoing programming beyond the festival.
Co-founded the LGBTQI+ section; accompanied asylum seekers through legal procedures in several languages, organised cultural activities.
Education
Languages
FluentFrench·English·Persian
IntermediateItalian·Spanish
Open to research collaborations, speaking, and independent advisory work.