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Wellington, New Zealand

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Leading business change and organisational development projects for public sector clients to enhance service delivery and alignment with strategic priorities. Providing monitoring and evaluation services for domestic and international public sector projects Designed and evaluated multiple New Zealand Aid Programme projects.

Sydney, Australia

Managed business growth strategy in the Asia Pacific region, identifying, tracking, and responding to tender opportunities. Provided surge project management support for large projects and managed a number of small interventions. Led the strategic evaluation of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Regional Programme in Latin America and.

Abuja, Nigeria

Senior manager in the Nigeria Infrastructure Advisory Facility (NIAF), a DFID programme providing technical advice and capacity development to Federal and State Government partners across Nigeria. Overseeing the strategic management in the Roads, Rail, Climate Change and Effective Cities sectors in NIAF. Responsible for ensuring the mainstreaming of.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Provided technical input to the scoping and development of a joint UNHCR-World Bank assessment of the drivers and impact of forced displacement in the Lake Chad Basin (Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria).Led a review of the World Bank's Nigeria country lending portfolio to identify opportunities to better support displaced persons and host communities in.

Philippines

Provided technical inputs to the peace negotiating panels of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Government of Philippines (GPH) on territorial waters, land rights and transitional justice to facilitate a convergence in negotiating positionsLed the drafting and coordination between GPH, MILF and donor partners – including JICA, Australia AID.

Afghanistan

Managed a portfolio of DFID and GIZ funded projects in excess of £10 million conducting organizational and policy reform in Afghanistan’s Ministry of Mines and Ministry of Commerce and Industries that aimed to improve the business environment and increase private sector development; managed multiple teams of up to 20 international and local consultants.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Planned and drafted country strategies and project documents for emergency recovery, basic service delivery and institutional reform in coordination with client government officials and sector experts in Lebanon, Iraq and the Palestinian Territory Coordinated a rapid country portfolio performance review in Lebanon immediately following the end of the 2006.

London, United Kingdom

Provided advisory services and conducted research on strategic market positioning, investments, and mergers and acquisitions for a client base of banks and insurance companies

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Assessed the ability of the Palestinian Authority (PA) to service its debt and the sustainability of potential new borrowing through an analysis of the PA’s debt relative to its macroeconomic performance in the context of the Israeli disengagement from GazaReviewed past and ongoing projects to identify common implementation obstacles to inform best.

Msc, Environmental And Natural Resource Economics

Thesis: "Can Land Tenure Security Reduce Child Labour? Theory and Evidence from Guatemala." Analysis of the wealth and substitution.

Ma (Hons), Economics