Natalie G.

Established an independent consultancy working with business leaders at the most senior level to establish their requirements in relation to Ports/Trade Facilitation, entering new markets including clean fuels, hydrogen and derivatives. Beyond this, I lead on stakeholder engagement and coordination on behalf of clients, liaising with government representatives at a local and international level, strengthening cooperation and supporting the building of strategic partnerships. In addition to long-term contracts with organisations such as The World Bank Group and EBRD, I also support international clients with a range of consultancy services in relation to: Feasibility Studies, Masterplans, Strategic Studies and Concession Agreement reviews Clean Ammonia, Decarbonisation of Shipping / Bunkering / Marine Fuels Operational Reviews / Trade Facilitation / Digitalisation / Private Sector Engagement / Terminal Management Systems Value Chains / Cold Chains / Inland Waterway Transportation Recent engagements include: • Review of Port Strategy, National Port Authority, Liberia (2025) • Supported a consortium of companies developing a green ammonia project in Oman on the offtake workstream (2024) • UN Economic Commission for Africa, Lead consultant for Cold Chain development project Lake Victoria, East Africa (2024-25) Please see client summary in the sections below with further details available.

• Commercial Due Diligence for the EBRD Financing Port expansion project - tank terminal, Turkey (2021) • EBRD Competitive tender to map the maritime sector in Turkey and identify and analyse projects for greening the sector (2020-21)

Engaged on a consultancy basis to provide subject matter expertise on a range of international programmes, projects and initiatives. • Liberia Trade Facilitation - Consultant for activities under the LIFT programme (Trade Facilitation Initiatives in Liberia, West Africa) – focused on agricultural value chains (2022-24) • Port Community System - Co-author for World Bank flagship publication on Port Community System projects (2022-2023) • Maritime Single Window, Fiji - Consultant for activities related to the development of an IMO/WB/Norway project for the implementation of a Maritime Single Window in Fiji and the Pacific (2022-23) • Terminal Management System, Ghana - Consultant to produce TMS for the container terminal Ghana (2021) • Manual on port process mapping - Developed guidelines to assist WBG staff and policy makers to effectively measure and improve procedural efficiency of ports, logistics chains and border controls (2019) • Senior Port Consultant for technical assistant project - Improved and facilitated trade in West Africa, WB / IFC / EU, Liberia (2018 - 2019) • Senior Port Consultant, Sri Lanka - Export supply chain assessment for a technical project on the impact of the IMO VGM regulation on trade facilitation in Sri Lanka (2018)

• Developed the market for clean ammonia as a shipping fuel, focusing on the shipping industry • Negotiated corporate partnerships and business cases for investment partnerships • Collaborated closely with finance, upstream, and other teams within the clean ammonia business

• Draft Term Sheet and Land Lease Specification for client in negotiation with Port of Djibouti (2021) • Due Diligence (O&M report) for port investment for new container and hydrocarbon terminal, Mauritania (2019) • Terminal Management System (TMS), Port of Nouakchott, Mauritania - Consultant to produce SOPs and work instructions for the container and hydrocarbon terminal, logistics and Customs and regulatory agencies (2019) • Port Concessioning, Ghana - Supported strategy development and KPI element of the concessioning of new container terminal and oil jetty in Ghana following completion of high level due diligence study (2019 and 2020) • Terminal Management System, Gabon, Africa - Produced SOPs and work instructions for the multipurpose terminal and logistics / customs / regulatory agencies. Internal auditor and management review training / TMS induction training for port staff (2018 and 2019)

• Supported business development through due diligence and analysis work for mergers and acquisitions • Led selected projects and supported the commercial team on various initiatives

• Identified and quantified savings generated by core process reviews • Developed standard operating procedures (SOPs) for various port operations • Supported the implementation of ISO 9001:2015 and new Terminal Operating System (TOS) mapping

Thesis: Capital Intensity of Employment, Wage Share Variability, and Income Distribution Outcomes: Findings from two Industrial Areas in India. The PhD program included spending two years in the UK and two years fieldwork experience in India.

Main Subjects: International Relations, Politics, Economics, Sociology, Philosophy of Sicence, Research Methods. Dissertation: US Foreign Policy Towards Persian Gulf States