Kaia Tejani

Projects Co-Ordinator (AI Focus) @ Swift Centre | FDE @ Yokahu | UCL RDR

London, England, United Kingdom

About

Forward deployed AI engineer building production LLM systems @ Yokahu; Google hackathon winner; UCL Risk & Disaster Reduction graduate; Swift Centre operations (current) and PBE research & policy (previous). Interested in responsible AI deployment, societal & climate risk, impact evaluation and adaptive governance.

Experience

  • Outreach and Projects Co-Ordinator at Swift Centre
    Jun 2026 - Present · 2 mos

    Web-app build, consolidating risk forecasting; outreach, comms and project co-ordination related to UK and international AI risks

  • Forward Deployed Engineer at Yokahu
    Nov 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 9 mos

    Built and validated a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) LLM model, deploying to Amazon Web Services using FastAPI, integrating meteorological and geospatial hazard inputs to output a parametric narrative for insurance brokers, increasing policyholder lead conversion rates and understanding Trained RAG LLM using historical catastrophe datasets for the Caribbean region, in addition to live meteorological data tostrengthen narrative accuracy and interpretability; ensured accuracy of parametric trigger alignment and payout

  • Data Analyst (Project Labs Associate) at UCL Data Science Society
    Jan 2026 - Mar 2026 · 3 mos

    Developed ML model to correlate flood risk with solar panel uptake across London, disaggregating by demographic indicators to identify optimal areas for targeted subsidy intervention; datasets from London Datastore, analysis using Python, SQL, R, QGIS

  • Research & Policy Intern at PBE
    Jun 2025 - Jul 2025 · 2 mos

    Scoped housing & homelessness research, identifying evidence gaps, suggesting alignment with funding incentives & compiling stakeholder lists for roundtable discussion; work praised as “excellent"/"exemplary", shaping project development Produced data analysis with clear tables and visualisations Proofed senior blogs/outputs for publication Supported the launch of wellbeing report and contributed to policy debates on barriers to opportunity within education access disparity Designed and presented a branded slide deck at an all-staff meeting Recognised for bringing quantitative and qualitative data into close dialogue to strengthen policy relevance Valued for fresh perspectives, thoughtful questions, and openness that encouraged creative approaches to engaging different audiences

  • Project Manager (Consultancy Taster) at Practera
    May 2025 - May 2025 · 1 mo

    Led a team of 7 to develop digital marketing strategy for a community football team; research overview, outline of strategic recommendations, social media audit, local & global outreach strategy & AI usage guide