David Throp Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, United States

Leadership of the Country-based Pooled Funds Section at OCHA headquarters. The Funds provide over $1 billion annually for frontline humanitarian response, protecting and assisting communities caught up in disasters and emergencies while promoting improvements in the quality of aid.

South Sudan

Leadership of the Secretariat, providing coordination support to the Ministry of Health, the National Steering Committee and the wider humanitarian community for COVID-19 and Ebola prevention, preparedness and response.

South Sudan

Management of the South Sudan Humanitarian Fund, overseeing allocations of over $400 million to meet prioritised needs in partnership with some 70 humanitarian agencies. Coordination of Central Emergency Relief Fund (CERF) allocations of $100 million.

Afghanistan

Oversight of operations, humanitarian response planning, communications, information management, for one of UNOCHA's largest Country Offices. Coordination of response for communities affected by widespread drought, conflict, displacement and food insecurity.

Iraq

Facilitation of first allocation of newly established Iraq Humanitarian Fund (IHF), providing over $30 million to address top priority needs from conflict and displacement; and $15 million allocation from Central Emergency Relief Fund (CERF) to support people affected by conflict in Fallujah.

Ethiopia

Leadership of the country operation, assisting hundreds of thousands of children through multi-sectoral humanitarian and development programmes and partnerships. Annual budget over $20 million, 300 staff. Representation of NGO community in humanitarian and development coordination platforms.

Ethiopia

Leadership of SCUK's largest country operation, reaching hundreds of thousands of children through multi-sectoral humanitarian and development portfolio. Annual budget of US$50 million, 400 staff. Representation of NGO community in humanitarian coordination platforms and networks.

United Kingdom, With Global Assignments

Support to global emergency operations, policy, strategy. Representation in Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response; Sphere Project Management Committee; Euronaid General Assembly; Disasters Emergency Committee; Voluntary Organisations In Cooperation in Emergencies.

Angola

Overall accountability for the development and delivery of the country programme, including all legal, financial, administrative, human resource and programmatic aspects. During this period the Angola programme was one of SC UK’s largest, operating in the context of a complex civil conflict.

Mozambique

Short term assignment to lead organisational response to high profile flood emergency. Design and initial set up of multi-sectoral relief and rehabilitation intervention.

Honduras

Accountable for the delivery of the organisation’s response to high profile hurricane and flood disaster. Design and management of multi-sectoral relief and rehabilitation programme, including through the development of a wide range of partnerships with local civil society organisations.

El Salvador

Advisory support to National Board of Directors. External representation, planning, management, capacity development, resource mobilisation. HFHI works in partnership with marginalised communities to provide affordable, dignified housing.

El Salvador

Co-founder of the organisation. Overall operational, financial, administrative and legal responsibility. ‘Management of Intermediate Technologies’ provided access for poor households to appropriate technologies for affordable housing, working with NGOs and communities.

El Salvador

Operational management of field projects. Financial and administrative management responsibilities. ‘Centre for Appropriate Construction Technologies El Salvador‘ managed donor-funded housing programmes primarily for ex-combatants from the internal conflict.

El Salvador

General administrative support functions. Establishment and management of income generation activities for organisational development. The 'National Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives’ provided support to rural cooperatives in poor communities affected by years of internal conflict.

United Kingdom

Coordination and management of petroleum products distribution network. Commercialisation of petroleum derivatives, market analysis in support of new ventures. Budget forecasts, project coordination. Conoco is a leading US based oil company.

United Kingdom

Coordination, management and development for distribution of petroleum products. Budget forecasts and financial plans. British Pipeline Agency is a jointly held subsidiary of British Petroleum and Shell UK Oil, for management of UK pipelines for petroleum derivatives.

M.Sc. And Postgraduate Diploma, Development Management

B.Sc. (Honours), Engineering Science