Convener of ASAL Humanitarian Network in Kenya. CEO at Arid Lands Development Focus (ALDEF), Kenya 2014-2023. Over 30+ years of experience in humanitarian, governance and development sectors. Passionate local and global champion of the localisation agenda, advocate for valuing variability for building resilient drylands livelihoods, Climate Change and devolved climate finance and advocate of a systems approach to predictable shock responsive social protection to enable resiliency of disaster affected communities. Held several senior leadership, management, advisory and operational posts with INGOs and NNGOs, Government, Consultancy firms and bilateral programs (field level to Associate Country Director). I have managed locally led response 2019-2023 drought, large scale 2010-11 famine crisis, 2006/7 Drought/conflict IDPs and 2004/5 Tsunami responses in the Horn of Africa. An effective manager with proven leadership skills who enjoys managing and motivating teams to achieve targets. Great communication and interpersonal relations skills. Experienced trainer Community based WASH systems, devolved climate action, project management expert - planning, budget, monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning. My background includes working on projects funded by EU, ECHO, AusAid, SIDA, DFID, USAID/OFDA, WFP, UNDP, UNICEF, MOFAs, foundations etc. A Convener of ASAL Humanitarian Network for Local and National NGOs in Kenya an advocacy platform for localisation, amplified community voices and an effective aid system. ASAL Network uses innovative community based approaches - community led locust surveillance and Covid perceptions tracking to enable affected populations action and feedback to propel prevention, preparedness and response.