Hugo Tay

I am the Chief of Staff at The Portland Trust in London. I focus on economic development and reconstruction in the Middle East as part of the Palestine Emerging coalition. I co-chair a program focusing on fostering private-public partnerships in healthcare and am currently working on an analytics tool to measure trade potential within and between megaregions of the world.

I started my career at McKinsey as a Business Analyst in London, focusing on private equity, coalition building, and digital product development work. I worked on a range of projects, including top house fund strategy for one of the world’s largest asset managers and product and coalition build for one of the largest e-commerce players.

I am currently pursuing a Master’s in Land Economy at Downing College, Cambridge, and previously received a BA in Archaeology and Anthropology from UCL, where I was a Laidlaw scholar.

I am a trained archaeologist and the co-founder and head of acquisitions of art mpea Gallery. In my free time, I like to row and write. 

I am 183cm tall and weighs 70kg (the standard body type of an Olympic lightweight rower).