Karen Smith

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Consultant and leader in international development and sustainability with a focus on private sector development, food and agriculture, African supply chains, market systems development and business innovation @ NIRAS International Consulting
copenhagen, capital region, denmark
Karen Smith's Location
London, England, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
About Karen Smith

♣ Consultant and leader in sustainability and innovation with expertise in food and agriculture, African supply chains, business innovation, MSD and international development♣ Energetic self starter with extensive track record of managing large scale projects and teams in both public and private sectors for 30 years♣ Commercial approach underpinned by blue chip management training and Cranfield MBA♣ Highly analytical and strategic thinker with excellent verbal, written and visual communication skills ♣ Seven year’s international development experience in Malawi and consultancies in Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria and Bangladesh working across a range of sectors including agriculture, renewable energy and the business enabling environment♣ Experience in delivering high quality support and advice to a wide range of clients including national and international businesses, bilateral donors, government agencies and development programmes♣ Co-founded and led Smallholdr - SAAS agritech business which enables powerful data collection and management of smallholder supply chains - with a focus on developing business strategy and client pipeline

Karen Smith's Current Company Details
NIRAS International Consulting

Niras International Consulting

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Consultant and leader in international development and sustainability with a focus on private sector development, food and agriculture, African supply chains, market systems development and business innovation
copenhagen, capital region, denmark
Employees:
368
Karen Smith Work Experience Details
  • Niras International Consulting
    Economic Development Lead, Uk & Africa
    Niras International Consulting Sep 2022 - Present
    London Area, United Kingdom
    Roles include: Leading Economic Development Market Team with a focus on pursuing FCDO opportunities in PSD and agriculture. Sector Lead for Private Sector & Investment with responsibility to grow technical expertise across the organisation as well as enhance our external market presence. Contract directing £multimillion agriculture and private sector development programmes.
  • Smallholdr
    Co-Founder And Strategic Advisor (Previously Md)
    Smallholdr Jul 2017 - Present
    London, United Kingdom
    Co-founded and led Smallholdr for over three years. Our SAAS software is tailored to the needs of our agribusiness clients and includes a mobile app for data collection and extension team management as well as customised dashboards to view and analyse agricultural information. The Smallholdr team brings together a high quality software solution, developed originally for the UK government Knowledge Transfer Network, combined with a strong understanding of agribusiness needs and digital change management. Our systems are designed and implemented remotely, making our business model robust to the current COVID-19 challenges, and we currently have clients in East and West Africa in sectors including honey, cocoa, forestry and agro-inputs.
  • Agbioscout Ltd.
    Sustainability Lead
    Agbioscout Ltd. Dec 2021 - Sep 2022
    Providing sustainability advice and support to clients, including ESG due diligence and light touch life cycle assessments for novel agtech products. Adding a sustainability lens to technical reports and products. Ensuring ESG considerations are embedded in AgBioScout company operations.
  • Private Sector Development Ltd
    Managing Director
    Private Sector Development Ltd Jun 2017 - Sep 2022
    London, United Kingdom
    Consultancy and assignments relating to international development in both market systems and inclusive business approaches. Recent work includes: Business Partnerships Lead for the DFID-funded BP4GG programme; led an assessment of the commercial partnerships facilitated by the DFID-funded MADE programme in Northern Ghana; mid-term evaluation of the SIDA-funded Innovations Against Poverty II challenge fund as part of the DevLearn team; led the development for a rural outreach plan for Malawi's Agricultural Commodity Exchange; consultancy support to the development of crop system offerings for CABI.
  • Mott Macdonald
    Business Partnerships / Agriculture Lead, Business Partnerships For Global Goals Programme
    Mott Macdonald Mar 2020 - Dec 2021
    Agriculture Lead on the programme which has pivoting to implement the FCDO-funded COVID-19 Vulnerable Supply Chain Facility, working with iNGOS and MNCs to support farmers and workers in developing countries whose livelihoods and welfare are threatened by the pandemic. Led the rapid development of processes to operate the facility followed by monitoring, supporting and sharing lessons from four projects in cocoa, horticulture and floriculture in East Africa and Ghana. Interventions included support to trialling and promoting the opportunity to transport flowers by sea from Kenya to Europe, demonstrating carbon savings and culminating in an industry event in collaboration with the Dutch Embassy and the Kenya Flower Council.
  • Pwc
    Technical Adviser, Business Partnerships Fund & Company Window, Business Innovation Facility
    Pwc Aug 2017 - Dec 2019
    London, United Kingdom
    Technical adviser for the Business Partnerships Fund, developing a pipeline of multinational inclusive business projects, assessing applications, managing company relationships and learning processes. Market systems advisor on the BIF Company-led Window, delivering rapid market assessments and advising on projects. Specific support to the Kenya finance for high value agriculture and tea swaps projects.
  • Girls Education Challenge, Pwc
    Extension Lead (Six Month Contract)
    Girls Education Challenge, Pwc Jan 2017 - Jun 2017
    Pwc, More London
    Member of the GEC Senior Management Team, responsible for leading the overall strategy and delivery of the two GEC Extension £500m funding windows (Transition Window and Leave No Girl Behind). This includes direction and coordination across multiple workstreams (technical, finance, portfolio management, monitoring & evaluation), to ensure that the windows are aligned to DFID and the Fund Manager's objectives.
  • Ashley Insight Ltd
    Associate Consultant
    Ashley Insight Ltd Jun 2016 - Jan 2017
    London, United Kingdom
    Inclusive business consultant and photographer
  • Https://Www.Linkedin.Com/Company/The-Springfield-Centre-Limited
    Consultant
    Https://Www.Linkedin.Com/Company/The-Springfield-Centre-Limited Nov 2014 - Mar 2016
    Durham, Uk
    The Springfield Centre is an independent consulting, training and research organisation whose work is based on the conviction that successful, inclusive development must be shaped by a strong orientation to market systems. Our goal is to change the way that development is done.
  • Imani Development
    Country Manager
    Imani Development Jan 2011 - Oct 2014
    Blantyre, Malawi
    Country Manager for the DFID-funded Business Innovation Facility (BIF) pilot and the first year of BIF Phase II.

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Karen Smith works for Niras International Consulting

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Karen Smith's current role is Consultant and leader in international development and sustainability with a focus on private sector development, food and agriculture, African supply chains, market systems development and business innovation.

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Karen Smith attended Cranfield School Of Management, Newcastle College Of Art & Design, University Of Nottingham.

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