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Geneva, Switzerland

Regional Role Based In City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Coordinate WFP regional Anticipatory Action and EWS portfolio in southern Africa, including supervision of technical guidance for AA and climate services government system building in DRC, Lesotho, Namibia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe through technical experts at regional level.Supervise and validate Anticipatory Action Plan (AAP) developments and anticipatory action activations, including large-scale El Nino drought activations in Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe. Manage and prioritize anticipatory finance funds for AA payouts at the regional level (e.g. USD 15.2 million for El Nino anticipation).Serve as founding member and WFP secretariat member in the inter-agency Regional AA Working Group (RAAWG) and co-author regional EWS and AA strategy, as well as WFP focal point for UN Early Warnings for All (EW4All) Action Plan contributions and coordinator of Systemic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF) pilots with WFP involvement in southern Africa.

Regional Role Based In City Of Johannesburg, Guateng, South Africa

City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Regional Role Based In Maputo, Mozambique

Regional coordination and oversight of the development of multi-hazard anticipatory action systems as part of the Forecast-based Financing Southern Africa Project implemented in Mozambique, Lesotho and Namibia. Co-founder and host of Red Cross Regional Anticipatory Action Technical Working Group. Operational oversight of cyclone and flood anticipatory action direct delivery.

Global Role Based In Lisbon, Portugal

Provided consultancy services in the field of EWAA and wider EPR, including national integrated climate analyses, EPR capacity assessments, EPR investment consulting, needs assessments, AA post-activation M&E, AA programme design, and revision of international CRM training courses on behalf of various international organizations.Focused on thematic areas such as AA Methodologies, World Bank Group Ready 2 Respond Diagnostic Tool, emergency preparedness and response capacity building through innovative trainings and simulation exercises, DRR, and Climate Change Adaptation.Worked with previous clients including Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, DG ECHO, World Bank Group and Government of Cabo Verde, Kofi Annan Peacekeeping Training Centre, and Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR), Prepared International (PPI).

Lisbon, Portugal

Head of Experience Department at Discovery Hotel Management DHM (Design Hotels AG and Virtuoso Member); Development and oversight of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program.

Mozambique

Development of Project Evaluation Framework for pilot project of innovative initiative “Forecast-based Financing” in Mozambique - Design and implementation of research agenda comprising a multi-method research approach of expert interviews conducted with senior Government officials and technical staff of key national disaster management authorities and senior staff from humanitarian and development organizations, and facilitation of participatory rural appraisal workshops in rural regions of Central and Northern Mozambique. Covered project management responsibilities ad interim.

Geneva, Switzerland

UNDAC Secretariat - Development and prototyping of Performance Evaluation System for UNDAC team members and leaders, Support to Field Coordination Support Section (FCSS) IM in real-time emergency response coordination on Virtual OSOCC, Co-lead of project planning - European Forum Alpbach's “The Nexus of Climate Change, Disasters and Migration: Preparing for 21st Century’s Risks” co-hosted by OCHA.

Berlin, Germany

Lead, Information Management (IM) Unit at Emergency Operations Centre of the German Red Cross during peak of refugee response operation

Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany

Research Group 'Biofuel as Social Fuel' (PIK Research Domain III: Sustainable Solutions)

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Geography Of Environmental Risk And Human Security, Distinction (1.1/A)

Activities and Societies: Student Representative Research foci: Anticipation in humanitarian assistance, climate change adaptation.

Unep Collaborating Centre For Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance - Certified Expert, Climate And Renewable Energy Finance

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Geography

ERASMUS scholar

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Geography

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Geography

Three-year undergraduate programme in physical and human geography, geospatial methods, cartography, climate change studies.