Summary: EDI Global is a research, data collection and MEL consultancy with operations in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. As Managing Director, I have overall responsibility for setting the strategic direction of the company and ensuring its continued growth and diversification into new markets and service offerings. This leadership role encompasses all aspects of the business including overseeing technical excellence, business development, strategy, finance, service delivery and human resources.Achievements - Led the development of a new four-year corporate strategy which aims to diversify the business from its core data collection offering into higher-value analytics and impact measurement services. - Led the expansion of the business into the new markets of Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia and Nigeria, including the establishment of permanent offices in Kampala and Nairobi. - Restructured the business to ensure it can deliver services more effectively across East Africa and created a new Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) service area to drive diversification and business growth. Responsibilities - Strategy development and implementation – leading the development of a four-year corporate strategy including an implementation action plan, and regular ‘stock takes’ on progress against the strategy. - Business development – identifying opportunities for new business for EDI Global, including relationship building with prospective clients and the formation of partnerships with other firms to deliver services. - Finance – ultimate profit & loss responsibility for the business, overseeing cashflow and making decisions on strategic investments needed to grow. - Management, mentoring and people development - leadership of a senior management team of four Directors, setting clear objectives through the ‘Objectives Key Results’ system, mentoring more junior members of the team, and securing the talent required to support EDI Global’s growth.

Achievements- Designed and led the introduction of an organisational performance system based on the Objective Key Results (OKR) approach.- Developed a monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) strategy which identified the key results, evidence and learning priorities for TMEA and its donors, and secured the funding required to deliver these objectives. - Led the mobilisation of the organisation to achieve an ‘A’ rating (performance meets expectations) in the annual review undertaken by TMEA’s donors in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. - Internally led a $US 5m four-year independent evaluation of TMEA’s first phase (2010 – 2017) providing the evaluation team with access to all the information and stakeholders required to complete this in-depth work. Responsibilities - Lead, motivate and develop a team of 11 staff in Nairobi, Kenya and Kampala, Uganda- Provide strategic direction to the organisation on how it should organise itself to deliver the development impacts TMEA’s investors desire.- Regularly update TMEA’s main investors (DFID, USAID, EU, Netherlands, Canada, DANIDA, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Norway) on the development results being achieved with their funding.- Reflect and embed evolving investor priorities in the TMEA results framework and theories of change (i.e. greater inclusion, climate change sensitivity, resilience).- Work with TMEA’s senior leadership team to set corporate annual objectives and break these down into quarterly key results to be cascaded across the organisation. - Lead organisational preparation for the annual review exercise.- Lead and quality assure the reporting of TMEA’s quarterly, bi-annual and annual development results to its ten investors.- Design and direct all TMEA-commissioned independent evaluations. - Liaise with TMEA’s communications team to provide up-to-date results for dissemination.- Lead role in designing communications campaigns on TMEA’s key results achievements for a broad range of audiences

Achievements - Led the successful integration of Upper Quartile into WYG International following its acquisition in May 2013 - Led the growth in turnover of WYG’s MEL discipline from zero in 2012/13 to over GBP £3m in 2016/17, with a forward order book of GBP £9m - Grew WYG’s MEL team from one in 2013 to a team of ten professional staff - Established WYG as a top-five supplier on DFID’s Global Evaluation Framework Agreement (GEFA) - Led the introduction of a new project management approach which improved technical and commercial performance of MEL projectsChris was responsible for the development of WYG's international development M&E portfolio. Focused on providing services to international development clients such as the UK Department for International Development (DFID), Chris provided strategic direction, coaching and mentoring to a team of in-house M&E professionals and project managers.

Achievements- Played a lead role in negotiating the sale of Upper Quartile to WYG International in 2013 - Promoted to Equity Partner within two years of joining the business - Led teams which secured Upper Quartile’s place on three DFID consultancy frameworks (GEFA, Wealth Creation and Fragile and Conflict-Affected States) - Built a core MEL team and led Upper Quartile’s entry into the international development MEL market - Awarded the UK Civilian Service Medal (Afghanistan) in recognition of work undertaken thereWorking as part of a team undertaking international development projects on behalf of the UK government, international donors and NGOs. During his time with the company Chris worked extensively in Fragile and Conflict Affected States.

Research, Evaluation, Economic Impact Assessment.Competitively tendering for consultancy projects and delivering assignments within clients’ agreed time and budget. Designing the research process using quantitative and qualitative methods. Managing project teams comprising internal staff and external multi-disciplinary experts. Ensuring the completion of tasks to agreed project delivery milestones. Overseeing the production of MEL reports on behalf of clients. Using evidence to make recommendations which inform clients’ policy, strategy and practice. Responsibilities also included managing, coaching and developing three members of staff and working with the Managing Director to develop the business plan and set the strategic direction of the company. Developed new business in the UK business support, higher education and innovation fields.

Research, Evaluation, Economic Impact Assessment.Working as part of a project team to deliver evaluations and research studies on behalf of UK public sector clients including Regional Development Agencies. Leading and contributing to proposals for competitively tendered contracts. Project managing teams to ensure completion of tasks to agreed project delivery milestones. Evaluation design and implementation. Quantitative and qualitative data analysis using MS Excel and SPSS. Production of MEL reports and presentation of findings to clients. Mentoring of trainees and junior team members.

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