Richard Atkinson
GSF Programme Manager at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
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Top SchoolRichard Atkinson is a programme manager with eight years’ experience leading UK government science and innovation partnerships across the Middle East, currently directing a £5 million Gulf Strategy Fund in the UAE for the FCDO. He combines strategic programme delivery, stakeholder diplomacy and budget oversight with a rare technical grounding in biotechnology and virology from a Master’s at the University of Cape Town. His earlier roles managing Newton Fund bilateral research portfolios and regional R&I coordination mean he routinely translates scientific priorities into funded, measurable programmes. Richard has published on viral diagnostics using plant-produced antigens, reflecting hands-on lab insight that strengthens his policy and programme work. Based in Abu Dhabi, he is passionate about leveraging scientific collaboration for sustainable development and global health outcomes.
8 years of coding experience
Master's degree, Biotechnology, Master's degree, Biotechnology at University of Cape Town
Github Skills (57)
captcha9
artificial-intelligence9
python9
geckodriver8
wrapper8
bot-detection8
web-automation8
ai8
navigator8
bitcoin8
cryptocurrency8
chrome8
openai8
selenium-webdriver8
imperva8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
RichardAtCT/1inch_wrapper
Jul 2022 - Dec 2022
Contributions:2 releases, 3 reviews, 38 commits in 5 months
apiapi-wrapperethereumdex1inch
RichardAtCT/1inch-docs
Jul 2022 - Feb 2023
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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