Jinal Parekh

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I'm a strategic operator and generalist who specialises in building and scaling early-stage companies/organisations in Founder/Director-adjacent roles through cross-functional strategy, execution and leadership. Experience highlights: = Chief of Staff & first UK hire at US Tech Start-up (API Management) - role included leading strategy across C-Suite, GTM, Sales, Engineering, and Operations. I also built enterprise sales frameworks, drove SOC 2 Type II compliance, revamped hiring processes, developed investor reporting structures and learnt about AI infra (e.g. Model Context Protocol). = Education Strategy Consultant - achieved 100% client retention leading high-performing individuals and strategic initiatives. = ESG Practice Lead & Founders Associate at PE Consulting Tech Startup - role included developing business strategy from scratch e.g. market analysis and RegTech SaaS product ideation with API integration. = Assistant Director & Lead Strategy Consultant at London-based international charity - promoted from Analyst in 2 weeks. Led strategy, operations, business development, and FP&A, while managing 9 analysts and overseeing 5 Kolkata-based projects. Generated 6-fold increase in grant funding within 12 months. I hold an MSc from Oxford (Distinction), received 2 prizes at Undergrad (incl. Best Joint Honours Finalist) and I'm a twice-published Independent Scholar (incl. by Cambridge University Press). My technical toolkit includes Python, API integration, and data analysis (self-taught Matplotlib/Pandas), complemented by the CFA ESG certification and ongoing SQL development. As a proven force-multiplier who takes cross-functional initiatives from 0-1, drives growth and accelerates operational maturity, I'm exploring opportunities across strategy, operations, GTM and product in Start-ups, with particular interest in FinTech, AI Infra, and Developer Tools, as well as Software, HealthTech and RegTech.

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Experience (7 roles)

Chief of Staff

Zuplo

Mar 2025 - May 2025 · 3 mos·London Area, United Kingdom

Zuplo is an API infra, management and developer tools Start-up (Seattle-based/VC-backed/distributed team). I was selected as the first UK hire and Chief of Staff. I worked directly with Founders and colleagues across GTM, Product, Engineering, DevRel, and Operations to scale strategic execution, ops...

Strategy Consultant

Milestones Education

Nov 2022 - Feb 2025 · 2 yrs 4 mos·Greater London, England, United Kingdom

I was headhunted to leverage my professional and academic background for strategy consulting services across international Educational Management. This included utilising: strategy; operational; client and stakeholder engagement; communicative; interpersonal; critical thinking; behavioural science; ...

ESG Practice Lead & Founder's Associate

Private Equity Technology Partners Ltd.

Feb 2022 - Sep 2022 · 8 mos

I was headhunted to build, found and lead the ESG Practice of a boostrapped start-up due to work with PE-backed companies, global PE investors, technology providers, and technology-enabled companies (incl. SMEs across FinTech, Professional Services and Financial Services) to provide pre/post-investm...

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Education (4)

Royal Holloway, University of London

Grade: First Class Honours. Activities and societies: Diplomatic Society; Politics and International Relations Society; Panellist: chosen to coordinate 'Britain and the EU: The Lord Liddle. Political Adviser and Consultant', a European Union Referendum Debate. Achieved a First-class average in every academic year; studies focused on geographical areas incl. South Asia, East Africa and Western Europe through the disciplines of Social Sciences, Business and Humanities.

University of Oxford

Grade: Distinction Activities and societies: Oxford Forum for International Development; Oxford Foundry - University of Oxford's Saïd Business School; Business Fights Poverty Modules studied: -Quantitative Research Methods - incl. R (exam focussed on data analysis and econometrics, and themes incl. social sustainability, corporate governance, labour economics, intersectional ED&I, human capital and corporate performance) -Qualitative Research Methods -Core Course - covered disciplines incl. economic development, IR and environmental politics (self-directed assessment focussed on Gender Justice) -Economic Development of South Asia - studied from the lens of Economics (themes included emerging financial markets, trade, business and investment, service-sector led growth, remittances and Tech for Good (incl. FinTech/digital inclusion)) -Gender and Development - Oxford Department of International Development (themes included Economic Empowerment) -Thesis - on British immigration policy and practice (1970s/1980s) (themes included: migration from South Asia, race, gender, civil/criminal law and transnational history through unseen case law/ primary material).

Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth Form

Grade: History- A*, English Literature- A*, Chemistry- B Activities and societies: Head Girl and Chair of the Social Committee; European Commission's/British Council's Comenius Project; Rotary Club Senior Youth Speaks Competition: Awarded Best Chairperson and Winning Team

Skills (25)

StartupsGitHubFoundryPrefectPythonDrive for SuccessInvestment MandatesImpact Measurement Stewardship and Engagement Pandas (Software)Proposition DevelopmentInnovationPortfolio ConstructionStrategic PlanningValuationsCorporate FinanceESGMatplotlibBusiness TransformationStrategic InitiativesEntrepreneurial OrganizationsInterpersonal CommunicationStatistical Data AnalysisPython (Programming Language)MySQL

Languages (3)▼

French(Elementary proficiency)Gujarati(Limited working proficiency)English(Native or bilingual proficiency)

Volunteer Experience (7)▼

Tutor and Coach

Personal Tutor

Jul 2021 - Sep 2021 · 3 mos

Summer Streets on Regent Street Volunteer - Mayor of London/Team London

Heart of London Business Alliance

Jul 2016 · 1 mo

Youth Exchange Programme

Rotary International in Great Britain & Ireland

Nov 2012 - Jan 2014 · 1 yr 3 mos

Peer Tutor and Mentor

TOLWORTH GIRLS' SCHOOL AND SIXTH FORM

Jan 2012 - May 2012 · 5 mos

Senior Strategy Consultant

minazi consulting

Feb 2022 - Feb 2025 · 3 yrs 1 mo

ED&I Consultant to Departmental Student-Staff Committee Representatives

University of Oxford

Mar 2020 - Apr 2020 · 2 mos

Founding Member: Academic Families Scheme

Royal Holloway, University of London

Jun 2016 - Jun 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo

Honors & Awards (6)▼

Best Chairperson

Issued by Rotary Club Youth Speaks Competition · Nov 2012

Associated with Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth Form Awarded 'Best Chairperson' in the 2012 Kingston Rotary Club Youth Speak's Competition for enunciation, clarity of speech and engagement with the audience; thereafter commended in subsequent rounds. See: http://nlpnow.com/2012/11/youth-speaks-a-rotary-club-competition/

Silver Award- UK Intermediate Mathematical Challenge

Issued by United Kingdom Mathematics Trust · Jan 2012

Associated with Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth Form Supported by The Acturial Profession.

The Harrison Prize - for the best final year Joint Honours student

Issued by Academic Board of Royal Holloway, University of London and Academic Board of Arts and Social Sciences Faculty · Jul 2017

Associated with Royal Holloway, University of London The Harrison prizes, established by the gift of Miss G Harrison to Royal Holloway College, are awarded annually to outstanding students who have completed a Combined Subject degree in the year of award. https://intranet.royalholloway.ac.uk/politicsandir/documents/pdf/departmentnewsletters/founders-west-july-2017-final.pdf Presented at Graduation by the Vice Chancellor (Arts and Social Sciences).

Bronze Award- UK Intermediate Mathematical Challenge

Issued by United Kingdom Mathematics Trust · Jan 2011

Associated with Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth Form Supported by the Actuarial Profession.

Highest Dissertation Mark

Issued by Royal Holloway, University of London, Department of Politics and International Relations · Jul 2017

Associated with Royal Holloway, University of London My Undergraduate Dissertation, 'Post-Imperial Britain: The Kenyan Asian Conundrum', was based on extensive archival research concerning British Immigration Policy via the 1968 Commonwealth Immigrants Act, the Kenyan Asian Crisis and the diaspora. The dissertation argued in favour of a transnational, diasporic lens to understand the British Government's response and post-imperial responsibility to its own citizens, many of whom were rendered refugees and de facto stateless. https://intranet.royalholloway.ac.uk/politicsandir/documents/pdf/departmentnewsletters/founders-west-july-2017-final.pdf Presented at Graduation by the Head of Department.

Winning Team- Rotary Club Senior Youth Speaks Challenge

Issued by Rotary Club of Kingston-upon-Thames · Jan 2012

Associated with Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth Form Winner of the 2012 Rotary Club Youth Speaks competition for the speech 'Are We Slaves to Conformity?'; delivered with two other peers, juxtaposing the complexities of societal pressures and individual pursuits/desires. Winners of the Regional Round of the Competition and Semi-Finalists at National Level. Further to this success, I also participated in the Rotary Club's Youth Exchange Programme. This entailed a one week exchange trip to Bydgoszcz (Poland) and included expanding cultural awareness of the Polish language, local cuisine and Polish national history. Thereafter also presented the trip (orally and with the aid of a PowerPoint Presentation) to The Kingston Rotary Club as the Guest Speaker (January 9th 2014).