BSc Economics with Public Policy · University of Bath

Ahana Kohli

Analytical, commercially minded and comfortable working under pressure with senior stakeholders, across go-to-market and sales, operations and AI automation, policy research and community leadership.

Founder's Associate, Literal HumansFounder, Girl Up EqualityWharton World WinnerLondon, UK
£50,000
in client contracts generated and closed
300+
women reached across ~12 financial literacy workshops
100+
constituent cases managed and reviewed a week
1st
World Winners, Wharton Global Investment Competition
About

Commercial instinct, policy rigour and community at heart.

University of Bath undergraduate (graduating 2028), currently on a placement year, with experience across go-to-market and sales, internal operations and AI automation, policy research, and community leadership.

Closed £50,000 in client contracts at a London agency, built internal AI agents, founded a UN-affiliated financial literacy initiative reaching 300+ women, and led a team to a world title at the Wharton Global Investment Competition.

Analytical, commercially minded and comfortable working under pressure with senior stakeholders.

University of Bath

BSc Economics with Public Policy (with placement year)
Sept 2024 – June 2028
  • First Class in Years 1 and 2; strong results in quantitative modules
  • Foundations in microeconomics, macroeconomics, quantitative methods and social policy; wrote an evidence-based policy brief on youth justice reform and equal access to diversion

Amity International School, New Delhi

Senior Secondary (Class XII)
2024
  • 90% overall (English 94%, Mathematics 95%); subjects: English, Mathematics, Economics, Accounting, Psychology
Work Experience

Where I've worked and what I delivered.

Founder's Associate

Literal Humans, London
May 2026 – Present
  • Work directly with the founder across go-to-market (GTM), sales and internal operations, owning projects end to end
  • Generated and closed client contracts worth £50,000, managing the full sales pipeline from outreach and pitching to signed agreement
  • Drafted RFP responses and client proposals, owning written communication with prospective B2B clients across multiple sectors
  • Manage client relationships and deliver client website projects and editorial projects, including op-eds pitched to publications
  • Designed and built internal AI agents that integrate company-wide systems, automating workflows and reducing manual operational work
  • Built and maintain the CRM pipeline, tracking prospects across every sales stage to improve conversion visibility

Clerical & Campaign Intern

Office of the MP for Bath
Sept 2025 – Jan 2026
  • Managed and reviewed 100+ constituent cases a week (housing, NHS, immigration) with accuracy, discretion and strict confidentiality
  • Conducted policy and regulatory research and prepared concise briefing materials for stakeholder meetings and campaign messaging
  • Maintained structured records and correspondence under strict response deadlines

Speaker Liaison Director (Relationships Team)

One Young World Bath
Aug 2025 – Mar 2026
  • Coordinated 20 senior speakers across 3 thematic tracks (business, policy, civil society), securing 100% confirmation ahead of deadlines
  • Led outreach, scheduling, briefing and communications with senior stakeholders under compressed timelines

Founder

Girl Up Equality (UN-affiliated initiative)
May 2023 – Present
  • Founded and lead a community financial literacy initiative for low-income women, reaching 300+ participants across ~12 workshops
  • Designed and delivered sessions on savings, compounding and welfare schemes, refining content through participant feedback
  • Built partnerships with community organisations to widen access to financial education

Intern, Mental Health Department

Fortis Hospital, Delhi
May – Jul 2023
  • Supported clinical teams under Dr Samir Parikh in a high-pressure hospital environment, maintaining professionalism and confidentiality
  • Assisted with patient coordination and administrative workflows, keeping records accurate
Achievements & Activities

Competing, leading and building beyond the classroom.

World Winners · 2024

Team Leader, Wharton Global Investment Competition

  • Led a 7-member international team acting as institutional investors under a client mandate, building a diversified portfolio across 10+ equities in energy, healthcare, IT, finance and consumer sectors
  • Co-developed the KNIGHT quantitative evaluation model (10 financial ratios); recommended 60+ stocks with returns of up to ~24% per asset
Asian Winners · 2023

Team Member, NASA Space Settlement Design Competition

  • Designed a large-scale space settlement concept in an international team of 6–10, analysing engineering feasibility, economic sustainability and human factors
Top 4 in Europe · 2025 – 2026

Official Driver, Shell Eco-marathon (Eco Go-Karting)

  • Drove for a team placing top 4 in Europe in Shell's global student energy-efficiency competition, where vehicles complete a set distance using the least energy
  • Applied a disciplined eco-driving strategy (smooth acceleration, momentum management, coasting) to minimise energy consumption
  • Amplify Ambassador
2022 – Present

Independent Commodities Trading (Gold & Silver)

  • Trade around once a day during the London–New York session overlap with a 1:6 risk-reward framework and predefined stop-loss and take-profit levels
  • Use trendline analysis, multi-timeframe chart review and session-based volatility tracking; review performance regularly
Speaker

Published TED-Ed talk

Skills

What I bring to a team.

Commercial

Go-to-marketClient acquisitionPitchingRFP and proposal writingCRM pipeline managementClient relationship management

Analytical

Macroeconomic, sector and equity analysisFinancial ratio modellingDCF and valuation fundamentalsTechnical market analysis

Policy & communication

Policy and regulatory researchBriefing notesEditorial writing and op-edsPresentationsTraining delivery

Operations & AI

Internal AI agent developmentSystems integrationWorkflow automationProject management

Tools

Excel (analysis and modelling)PowerPointCRM systems

Languages

English (native)Hindi (fluent)
Interests

Outside of work.

Ballet
Motorsport
Fitness
Reading