Nicholas Lawson Email & Phone Number

Surry Hills, NSW, AU

Bobby Goldsmith Foundation (BGF) is Australia’s longest-running HIV charity. Founded in 1984, BGF undertakes a range of support and interventions that address key determinants of poor health outcomes for people living with HIV (PLHIV) – ie long-term social and economic poverty.BGF provides direct financial and practical assistance, emotional support.

Sydney, New South Wales, AU

Oversaw program operations for 90 programs across 26 countries. Remit included oversight of operational decisional and communication model, program management system development, budget process development, and risk and security analysis.

Geneva, GE, CH

Researched, authored and presented comprehensive report and recommendations concerning the recruitment, deployment and management of Arabic-speaking humanitarian field staff.

Geneva, GE, CH

Oversaw and developed human resources vision, policy and strategy for 35,000 staff across the international movement (70 operational, and 26 resources mobilization countries). Remit included coordination of global recruitment, management, compensation and health policies, and design of movement-wide human resources information system.

Geneva, GE, CH

- Directed development and execution of policy and strategy for recruitment, retention, development and management of 400 specialised medical and non-medical field staff per year.- Member of MSF-USA‘s Executive Management Team: developed, approved, and implemented both domestic and international policies and strategy to manifest MSF’s vision in US.

Geneva, GE, CH

Oversaw and executed programs to ensure the provision of comprehensive anti-retroviral therapy on a delocalized (district-wide) basis, and high-quality HIV-related hospital care to the population of Chiradzulu district in Malawi. (8 000 beneficiaries, 309 staff)

Geneva, GE, CH

- Coordinated MSF’s response to the 2005 Pakistan earthquake including needs assessment, establishment of an inflatable 100-bed surgical facility for emergency and rehabilitative surgery and the distribution of non-food items to a large scale displaced population. (110 000 beneficiaries, 170 staff)- Food security assessment in northern Kenya.

Geneva, GE, CH

Oversaw and executed primary health care program and surgical referral service, outreach mobile clinics, and resource and expatriate support of a provincial hospital in response to the Burundi conflict, including emergency medical response to the Cibitoke refugee crisis. (50 000 beneficiaries, 150 staff)

Geneva, GE, CH

- Recruited, placed, briefed and debriefed 100 first-mission Australian and NewZealand expatriates. - Development of psycho-social care policy for post-mission expatriates for MSF Australia.

Geneva, GE, CH

Oversaw and coordinated programs including sleeping sickness, primary health care, tuberculosis, and emergency medical response to internally displaced populations. (50 000 beneficiaries, 243 staff)

Geneva, GE, CH

Coordinated the operational humanitarian response to the MV Tampa/Australian refugee emergency.

Geneva, GE, CH

Coordinated the medical, logistic, administrative and security aspects of an active conflict primary health care project in north east Afghanistan, involving nine permanent clinic structures, and provision of emergency medical relief to internally displaced populations.

Geneva, GE, CH

Coordinated the logistical aspects, including supply, rehabilitation and security, for a provincial health program involving the second largest hospital in East Timor and six primary health care centers.

Geneva, GE, CH

Coordinated the medical, logistic, administrative and security aspects of a rural primary health care project in north-west Afghanistan involving four permanent clinic structures and the provision of emergency medical relief to internally displaced populations.

Geneva, GE, CH

Coordinated emergency logistical services, including the establishment of therapeutic and supplementary feeding centres and the provision of emergency water and sanitation facilities over several locations during the 1998 famine in South Sudan.

Geneva, GE, CH

- Coordinated the medical, logistic, administrative and security aspects of medical programs including eight primary health care centres, and three referral hospitals in Herat, Kunduz, Takhar and Bamiyan provinces.- Provided emergency humanitarian relief to the survivors of the Rostaq earthquake. - Coordinated the week-long road evacuation from Hazarajat.

Geneva, GE, CH

Responsible for the logistical and administrative aspects of an active conflict primary and secondary health care program involving two tuberculosis projects, a forty-five bed hospital and three primary health care centres for displaced populations.