Pro Bono Team Helps Measure Impact of Shannon Trust’s Reading Programs for Incarcerated People
In collaboration with the Lightbulb Trust, an Analysis Group team provided pro bono analytical support to the Shannon Trust, which runs reading and literacy programs in approximately 100 prisons across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. While the Shannon Trust collects data monthly on its learners and their progress, the sheer volume of data as well as inconsistencies from manual entry prevented the Trust from a true assessment of how its programs were performing.
The Analysis Group team, including Vice President Chris Feige, Senior Analysts Hugo Cayssials and Jeanne Vellard, and Analyst Claire Paoli, used R-studio to build a tool that could easily organize and prepare the data for review. The bespoke tool cleans and flags data errors and collates the data into a single spreadsheet compatible with Shannon Trust’s customer relationship management system. Shannon Trust is now using the data tool to support its fast-growing programs and better harness its limited resources for the benefit of learners.
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Chris Feige
PrincipalMr. Feige specializes in the areas of finance, securities, and financial markets. He has worked on and managed a range of securities and valuation projects in the UK and Europe. Mr. Feige has been appointed as expert in Dutch court to provide valuation and securities claims reports in support of Steinhoff’s global securities settlement, and gave evidence in the Dutch Enterprise Chamber regarding the valuation of Getir. He has also managed teams evaluating shareholder reliance and disclosure materiality and estimating counterfactual share prices in UK Financial Services and Markets Act (FSMA) Section 90A litigation matters. Mr. Feige has supported experts analyzing the volume of false and spam accounts on Twitter, Twitter’s information security infrastructure, Twitter’s data privacy and compliance with a US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) consent decree, and share price and valuation issues on behalf of Twitter in Twitter v. Musk in which Elon Musk eventually purchased Twitter at his initial offer price. In cases involving alleged market manipulation in the foreign exchange (FX) and IBOR markets, he has analyzed trade data and evaluated alleged manipulation strategies. Mr. Feige worked on USA v. Richard Usher, et al., and the Foreign Exchange Class Antitrust Litigation, analyzing FX trade and chat data, as well as competition issues; preparing experts for testimony at trial; and providing data analyses and consulting support to counsel throughout the projects. He has also worked on a range of international arbitration cases, including valuation, damages, and competition analyses. In addition, he has developed complex valuation models, including discounted cash flow models, and analyzed asset-backed securities, collateralized debt obligations, and other securitized products in support of expert testimony in a number of bankruptcy and damages matters. Mr. Feige has also worked on a number of international arbitrations valuing defaulted sovereign debt, expropriated oil fields, and retail operations. His work has been published in several industry journals.