Daniel Davies Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Senior Associate at Palladium International, a market leading technical consultancy delivering over 300 projects for private and public sector clients (including FCDO, USAID, DFAT-Australia and EU).Principal role working as Project Manager on the £9m FCDO funded Multi-stakeholder Forestry Programme IV (MFP4) promoting a multi-stakeholder approach to improving forest governance and consolidating Indonesia’s timber legality assurance system (SVLK), in order to tackle illegal logging. The programme also built on the success of the Social Forestry initiative by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), by supporting the growth of community-based forest enterprises. Secondary role was working within the newly established Nature Based Solutions team at Palladium providing project management leadership to the team alongside support in commercial and partnership development.Responsibilities included:• Monitoring of compliance with head/prime contracts;• Management of all project financials inc. budgets and forecasts;• Support development of project subcontractor / grant management procedures compliant with company SOPs and client guidelines; • Participation in capture planning, providing support in commercial pricing and inputs on project operational requirements.• Training of project staff on company policies, SOPs and Guidelines and client rules and regulations (covering as required security, human resource management, monitoring, reporting, finance, procurement, logistics, IT, communications, audit support and other operational matters);

London, United Kingdom

Worked as part of Palladium's corporate project management team responsible for the delivery of the £330m DFID funded ‘Humanitarian & Stabilisation Operations Team’. The specific purpose of the programme is to provide humanitarian emergency response, operations management and stabilisation support enabling the UK to respond rapidly to global humanitarian disasters as well as supporting DFID teams working on protracted crises, chronic emergencies and humanitarian reform.

London, Greater London, United Kingdom

The mission of the Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK) is to support indigenous peoples and traditional populations of the world's rainforest to:- Secure and control the natural resources necessary for their long-term wellbeing and managing these resources in ways which do not harm their environment, violate their culture or compromise their future.- Develop means to protect their individual and collective rights and to obtain, shape and control basic services from the state.Main responsibilities include providing administrative, financial and logistical support to a range of large and smaller scale projects across the forests of Congo Basin and the Amazon including:- General administrative support to multiple projects in the rainforests of the Congo and Peru.- Managing consultants/partners contracts and liaising with consultants and partners on specific administrative requirements.- Ensuring that project expenditures are adequately tracked according to the agreed project budgets. - Preparation of detailed financial reports as required by the donor or for internal monitoring processes.- Maintaining schedules and details of project financial transfers and other project-related payments required and their due dates, and ensuring that they are executed in a timely manner according to relevant contracts.- Coding invoices and other programmes expenditure.- Maintaining a schedule of internal and external reporting deadlines, and ensuring that the donor reporting requirements of project-related contracts are fulfilled.- Managing purchase of project equipment according to RFUK procurement procedures.- Supporting programme staff in the preparation and implementation of project evaluations and audits.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for the successful project and strategic management of Frontier's conservation research and international development programmes in seven countries (Belize, Tanzania, Madagascar, Cambodia, Fiji, Tenerife and Costa Rica). Responsible for the UK based Operations Department and strategic planning for the overseas projects.Responsibilities included:- Management of overseas conservation and development projects through ongoing logistical and operational support.- Main line of contact with field staff on overseas projects, expeditions and country HQ’s, including assisting the field teams on all logistical, financial and operational issues.- Financial management and budgetary review for all overseas projects and development of new funding streams for future project development.- Management of strategic reviews, planning and organisational development strategies at programme, department and organisation level. - Collating and reviewing internal reports, inventories, financial reporting and project developments.- Development of effective relationships with existing and potential partners including government ministries, village councils, donors, academic institutions and INGOs. - Recruitment, training and management of up to 40 operations, research and field staff remotely and in Head Office as well as overseeing HR for the whole organisation.

Curieuse Island, Seychelles

Global Vision International (GVI) is multi-award wining social enterprise that runs high impact Volunteering, Academic Year Abroad, Internships and Training Courses. Formed in 1997 GVI own and operate more than 200 programs across 40 countries and receive over 3000 participants every year. Responsibilities included:- Head of programme including overall management, support and coordination for GVI Seychelles' Curieuse Island research programme.- Developed new and exciting relationships between GVI, local environment and community groups and government agencies thereby improving the awareness of our work across the Seychelles.- Leadership and management of staff and volunteer teams (100+) undertaking vital conservation research.- Maintained control of a tight programme budget while managing to make funds available for programme development.- Responsible for compilation of all programme reporting, contractual and documentation requirements.- Continued promotion of the programme through GVI’s communication and marketing strategies including: newsletters, weekly blog posts, programme updates and social media.

London, United Kingdom

I was tasked with looking into the technological and economic feasibility of introducing a new geothermal energy system to help ease the company's dependence on fossil fuels in the field and to reduce the company's carbon emissions.Responsibilities included:- Full responsibility for project budget and schedule, reporting to the Chief Executive with periodic progress presentations to the board of directors.- Developed a detailed technical and economic feasibility study based on the various technologies available, identifying a unique opportunity within the field of geothermal energy that could utilise the expertise and capital available within the oil and gas sector.- Detailed the requirement for development of a full parametric model, and tendered a major R&D subcontract to five leading UK universities.- Collaboration and relationship building between JKX and its Ukrainian and Russian subsidiaries, including liaison with government bodies, research institutions and companies working within renewable energies

Costa Rica

- In charge of all logistics for a remote conservation research programme in the Costa Rican rainforest.- Management and support of all volunteers and staff during their time on camp. - Budget management for the project.- Building and maintaining relations with in country partner organisations.- In field volunteer and staff training.- Responsible for health and safety of volunteers and employees.

London, United Kingdom

- Working within a small team for international programmes, working on logistics and project management.- Organisation and administration of staffing and recruitment for all international projects and the London head office.- Required to digest, analyse and summarise all overseas project reports and accounts.- Pre-departure training for all international volunteers.- Presentation of projects to academic institutions across the UK.

Master Of Science (Msc), International Development: Environment And Development, Merit

Dissertation: ‘Assessing Sustainability Within the Palm Oil Industry of Malaysia’

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Economics And History, 2:1

Activities and Societies: University of Bristol Ultimate Frisbee Club