KEY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE45 years of international experience in Africa (Senegal, Sudan), South East Asia (Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Bangladesh); China (PRC); the Middle East (Oman, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Yemen, Qatar, Sudan), Latin America and Caribbean (Peru, Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela, Brazil) the Indian Sub-Continent (Bangladesh); Caspian Sea: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan; USA; · Long term work in Kuwait (11 years), Mexico (7 years), Indonesia (total ca 4years), Oman 2 years.· Executed work with FAO, UNESCO, IUCN/World Wildlife Fund, UNDP, World Bank, ADB, Ford Foundation, ICLARM (International Centre for Living and Aquatic Resources Management); EU. · Experience of multilateral, bilateral, government, University and private sector environments;· Project Leadership of large multidisciplinary international Projects (up to 25 sci-entists/project and up to 10 nationalities/project) for >15 years, with budgets of up to US$2,000,000/year, on national and regional projects;· Advised senior civil servants and Ministerial level officials in many countries;