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Canada

• Provide consultancy services to major industry clients, including Hershey GmbH, Blommer Chocolate, Intertek and Wyatt Group, developing sustainability strategies, KPIs, and program evaluations.
• Lead evaluation and reporting of cocoa sustainability programs in Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Nigeria, aligning activities with global standards such as Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance, in-house standards and Cocoa and.
• Conduct compliance risk assessments, deforestation assessments, and data validation for sustainability reporting.
• Develop KPIs and reporting systems for cocoa farmer groups, ensuring data accuracy and transparency in sustainability metrics.
• Collaborate with international stakeholders to manage sustainability program design, compliance, and risk management.

Canada

• Developed and implementing the M&E framework for Blommer’s cocoa sustainability programs, overseeing all program monitoring, evaluations and field assurance activities.
• Lead the Field Assurance team based in Côte d'Ivoire, managing compliance and sustainability metrics for cocoa suppliers and farmer groups.
• Harmonize data across multiple sources for Power BI analysis, conducting data wrangling and validation for accurate reporting.
• Coordinate evaluations of sustainability metrics, including deforestation risks, farm productivity, and labor conditions.

Canada

• Contributed to the design and execution of a comprehensive M&E system for Hershey’s cocoa sustainability programs, enabling supplier benchmarking and performance tracking.
• Managed GIS data for sustainability reporting, conducting deforestation risk assessments and compliance evaluations.
• Provided insights and led reporting efforts for Hershey’s Cocoa and Forests Initiative (CFI), supporting living income and environmental sustainability programs.

Côte d'Ivoire

• Coordinated sustainability programs under Rainforest Alliance, Fairtrade, and in-house standards, managing supplier and client relationships.
• Led partnerships under the Private Partnership Platform, working with five suppliers and expanding client presence in Côte d'Ivoire.
• Managed sustainability initiatives in 50 villages under the CocoaAction strategy, tracking data and reporting to internal and external stakeholders.

Kenema, Sierra Leone

• Government of the Netherlands - Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Public Sector Investment funded project (60%)The ultimate aim of the project is to add value to cocoa and coffee locally by cleaning, graded and.
• Set up a cocoa expeller processing unit from scratch
• Instituted all departments and procedures, recruitment
• Full cocoa and coffee supply chain processes establishment and management, including traceability and produce separation
• Certification processes for 5000 coffee and cocoa farmers to UTZ standards using own departmental resources
• Liaised with various local and international stakeholders

Côte d'Ivoire

• Chennai-based Siva Group created Biopalm Energy Limited as a new venture in palm oil. Biopalm's target is a total of 1,000,000 ha of planted oil palm, either by existing plantation acquisition or land acquisition for.
• Contributed to identifying 200,000ha of land for oil palm in Côte d'Ivoire
• Carried out all relevant steps in large scale land development
• Identified qualified crew people in i.e. land survey, soil testing, ESHIA, plantation master planning, land clearing, roads
• Integrated the Biopalm project within the planned CIV governmental 3rd Oil Palm Program
• Sole permanent contact person in CIV

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

• Having followed my partner to Côte d'Ivoire, I decided to continue language teaching. My clientele was mostly from various Embassies in Abidjan but also a great many kids from the International Community School of.
• English and French vocabulary expansion, essay writing, grammar study and reading comprehension for young students
• Business English and essay writing for adults
• French and English reading, grammar, pronunciation and vocabulary for adults
• Replacement teacher for mixed class of Grade 4 and 5 at International Community School of Abidjan

Bonn, Germany

• Specialised, Business and General English training for individuals, groups and companies
• Planned and taught employment-related seminars for the Labour Office in Bonn, Germany.
• Planned and gave Business English workshops
• Provided teacher support and training

Harare, Zimbabwe

• Identified and solved machine groundnut-shelling problems
• Generated problem/solution reports
• Supervised activities taking place from groundnut delivery through to shipment

Chibuwe, Zimbabwe

• Managed local supply chain for dry beans
• Spearheaded produce procurement and logistics
• Ensured compliance with quality standards

Chibuwe, Zimbabwe

• Engaged 900 small-scale farmers to grow cash crops
• Managed agricultural supply store
• Structured GAP trainings and M&E
• Established local supply chain processes for dry beans, paprika, cotton, maize and sunflower seeds, including logistics

Waterville, Quebec, Canada

• Provided support to 50 employees during the production of rubber strips for the car industry
• Quality control
• Optimised working procedures
• Involved in ISO 9001 implementation

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