Christopher Coles Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

Recent work:● Advisor, youth employment programme proposal pre-design (Agora Global/Swisscontact).● Advisor, Sida Market Systems Development Helpdesk (Agora Global/Sida).● Senior Expert (M4P) - Evaluation, Arab Women's Enterprise Fund, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine (Landell Mills/DFID).● Moderator - International Conference on the Sustainable Blue Economy, Nairobi. (IBF International/EU/Government of Kenya).● Team Leader - Project Completion Review: Creating Opportunities for… Show more Recent work:● Advisor, youth employment programme proposal pre-design (Agora Global/Swisscontact).● Advisor, Sida Market Systems Development Helpdesk (Agora Global/Sida).● Senior Expert (M4P) - Evaluation, Arab Women's Enterprise Fund, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine (Landell Mills/DFID).● Moderator - International Conference on the Sustainable Blue Economy, Nairobi. (IBF International/EU/Government of Kenya).● Team Leader - Project Completion Review: Creating Opportunities for Sustainable Spending on Roads (CrossRoads), Uganda. (Landell Mills/DFID).● Market Systems Expert - Performance Evaluation: Improving Market Systems for Agriculture in Rwanda (IMSAR). (LTS International/DFID).● Senior Tourism Planning Expert - Integrated Strategic Action Plan for Zanzibar, Tanzania. (The World Bank).● Agricultural Value Chain Specialist - Quality assurance of value chain analyses for East and Southern Africa. (LTS International/DFID). Show less

London, United Kingdom

Project manager and researcher on the role of enterprise in poverty reduction, environmental management and women's economic empowerment.Clients include IDH Dutch Sustainable Trade Initiative, The World Bank, UK Department for International Development, Ramboll UK, TUI Travel Ltd., United Nations FAO, UNIDO and World Food Programme, International Development Research Centre, European UnionRegional experience: Europe, North Africa, Eastern Africa, West Africa, Middle East, South East… Show more Project manager and researcher on the role of enterprise in poverty reduction, environmental management and women's economic empowerment.Clients include IDH Dutch Sustainable Trade Initiative, The World Bank, UK Department for International Development, Ramboll UK, TUI Travel Ltd., United Nations FAO, UNIDO and World Food Programme, International Development Research Centre, European UnionRegional experience: Europe, North Africa, Eastern Africa, West Africa, Middle East, South East AsiaSector experience: cotton, cocoa, coffee, tea, aquaculture, mariculture, capture fisheries, tourism, cassava, horticulture, dairy, forestry and forest products Show less

Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Supply chain upgrading analyst and facilitator with clients including FarmAfrica, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation and UNIDO.

New York, Usa And Zanzibar, Tanzania

Mapped revenue distributions and analysed constraints and opportunities in the Tanzanian fisheries sector

Managed VSO's Flagship Learning Centre programme in market development in fisheries, agriculture, forestry and tourism sectors.

Implemented VSO's M4P approach to poverty reduction through it's flagship Tanzanian Secure Livelihoods Learning Centre programme

Phd, Natural Resource Management

Bsc (Hons), Zoology