Darren Hedley is a Consultant in program management and evaluation at Independent Consultant. He possess expertise in program evaluation, africa, human rights, civil society, global health and 32 more skills. He is proficient in Russian, French and Spanish. Colleagues describe him as "Darren is a wonderful colleague, congenial and generous. He is cool headed but insightful, with thought-provoking analysis of complex development challenges. Darren is a great achiever, with significant contributions to the location he is assigned to, but maintains his humility. Now armed with PhD, he is even better equipped to move his team forward and undertake effective advocacy on the persistent development challenges that the world is facing. Perhaps what I most admire about Darren is his integrity, which is evident in both his professional and personal undertakings. I would put my hand in the fire any day for Darren." and "Darren has a wealth of experience in the world of non-profit development work, and a wide network of contacts in this field. His skills include field office management. qualitative evaluation, strategic thinking, and policy formulation and advice. He is familiar with the development literature, particularly strategic documents produced by INGOs, yet is also sensitive to the need to constantly adapt general guidance to local context. I have no hesitation to recommend Darren for any position or assignment requiring these skills."