Sam Leon
Partner at Data Desk
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolSam Leon is a data-driven investigator and partner at Data Desk with 11 years of experience exposing hidden dynamics in the fossil energy system using supply chain, trade, and satellite data. Previously Head of Data Investigations at Global Witness, he has led teams that turn complex datasets into impactful investigations and policy-relevant narratives. His background combines rigorous intellectual training in philosophy and intellectual history with hands-on data journalism and project leadership, including co-founding a creative startup and training journalists in data skills. Based in London, he is known for blending investigative curiosity with technical rigor to reveal systemic environmental harms that are often missed by conventional analysis.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Philosophy, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Philosophy at Cambridge UniversityMaster of Arts (M.A.), Intellectual History and the History of Political Thought, Master of Arts (M.A.), Intellectual History and the History of Political Thought at University College London, U. of London
English
Github Skills (64)
missing-data10
pandas9
python9
python-requests9
data-structures8
data-analysis8
frame8
reconciliation8
manipulation8
graph-algorithms8
crossword8
data-science8
network-analysis7
javascript7
data-wrangling7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Global-Witness/overseas-companies-land-ownership-public
Oct 2017 - Mar 2019
Contributions:21 commits, 3 pushes in 1 year 4 months
noelmas/blog
Feb 2016 - Aug 2019
Noelmas data doodles
Contributions:1 PR, 59 pushes, 2 comments in 3 years 6 months
doodles
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