Chief Executive Officer
Current- Lead on and oversee the organisation's strategy development and implementation, finance, executive governance, talent, culture and leadership development- Strongly focused on business and strategic partnership development across all of our focus markets and with a eye on the global market- Strongly focused on the development of new mentoring pathways, products and programmes to enable us to achieve our mission of building conducive mentoring environments that enable effective mentoring to be accessible and available for all entrepreneurs and leaders- Act as Project Director for MENA and sub-Saharan mentoring programmes , overseeing the development, design, implementation and evaluation activities with clients such as the World Bank, European Commission, FCO/DFID, UN Women, EBRD, SANAD Impact Fund, Argidius Foundation, MAVA Foundation and Swisscontact- Actively engage with the ecosystem and key networks to further place mentoring at the heart of entrepreneurship support programmes as well as building and developing partnerships for joint bids in large scale consortium projects- Actively represent The Human Edge (formerly Mowgli Mentoring) through event attendance and as a speaker, raising awareness and showcasing the evidence base for mentoring at conferences/events with donors such as GIZ led Beyond the Known Conference, African Philanthropy Forum and Sankalp East Africa Conference- Led the organisation to achieve its European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) accreditation as well as two further impact and network related awards- Led the organisation to expand into North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa, as well as focus our programmes on new sectors and sub groups, such as women, youth, climate change, agribusiness, tech and conservation leaders