Oualid's CV
Oualid Akakzia
Senior Data Analytics and Policy Manager – Official Statistics & Intelligence
Profile summary
Senior Data Analytics and Policy Manager – Official Statistics & Intelligence with 14 years of experience in institutional data strategy and system transformation. This professional transitioned from a background in statistics to lead data innovation across 5 organizations. Trilingual in French, English, and German, the profile combines cross-cultural team leadership with expertise in predictive modeling and data governance. The approach aligns complex technical architectures with regulatory mandates to deliver evidence-based policy advice.
Career highlights
Data Governance and Compliance: Architected the transition from legacy SAS infrastructure to scalable environments using Dataiku, Python, and R while aligning internal workflows with RGPD and open data mandates.
International Data Coordination: Managed data collection across 220 jurisdictions to validate and disseminate international indicators, including predictive crime trends for UN publications released between 2018 and 2020.
Strategic Policy Integration: Defined operational strategies for data exploitation at TRACFIN and coordinated cross-functional governance projects to ensure the integrity of intelligence assets throughout 2024 and 2025.
Institutional Leadership: Advanced through 5 roles to influence cross-ministerial project roadmaps by aligning IT system capabilities with regulatory requirements and institutional priorities.
Key skills
Professional experience
Shapes the digital transformation strategy for the Ministry of Labour, steering the migration of legacy infrastructure toward open-source ecosystems. Coordinates cross-ministerial initiatives at data architecture, regulatory compliance, and institutional policy to ensure alignment with national standards.
- Architects the transition from legacy SAS infrastructure to scalable environments using Dataiku, Python, and R.
- Defines data governance frameworks covering confidentiality, integrity, and traceability to meet European compliance standards.
- Influences cross-ministerial project roadmaps by aligning IT system capabilities with regulatory requirements and institutional priorities.
- Repositioned internal data workflows to comply with RGPD, open data mandates, and SSM charters.
Architected strategic and statistical intelligence frameworks to identify complex money laundering and terrorist financing patterns. Steered national data governance initiatives while overseeing the design of analytical systems to support investigative and policy functions across the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
- Defined the operational strategy for data exploitation capabilities to improve the detection of financial crime schemes.
- Influenced national policy by integrating advanced data analysis frameworks into existing investigative workflows.
- Coordinated cross-functional data governance projects to ensure the integrity and utility of intelligence assets throughout 2024 and 2025.
Steered the analytical function for the jurisdiction, reporting to the First President of the Court. Directed the production of official statistical reporting on civil and criminal judicial activity to inform institutional policy and resource distribution.
- Assessed legislative impacts on court activity and judicial resource allocation.
- Conducted empirical research on social and demographic drivers influencing justice outcomes.
Influenced global justice policy by directing data collection and analytical frameworks across international jurisdictions. Steered the production of high-level reports for the European Commission and UN bodies, maintaining collaborative networks with member states to ensure data integrity and alignment with international standards.
- Led measurement and evaluation projects on organized crime and justice system performance across the Balkans and globally.
- Managed data collection across 220+ jurisdictions, validating, analysing, and disseminating international indicators (SDGs).
- Modelled predictive trends in global crime for the European Commission and UN publications (Global study on Homicides 2018, Manual of victimization survey 2019, World Prison Brief 2020)
- Sustained data collaboration networks across member states and international agencies.
Directed global collection and analysis of transnational crime statistics, reporting to the executive board. Steered intergovernmental advisory work on statistical interpretation and institutional risk across international jurisdictions.
- Developed predictive models for border flows and criminal trends.
Education
Applied Statistics
Languages
French · Native
English · Fluent
German · Professional
Arabic · Native