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Nairobi County, Kenya

Nairobi, Kenya

Operations lead for CrossBoundary Energy's telecom services business. Delivering and operating renewable power projects across distributed Digital Infrastructure Assets including BTS, repeater stations, data centres and other sites that require cheap, reliable, low emission power.

Nairobi, Kenya

• Advisory Practice lead for Vodafone’s telecom commercial partnerships and consultancy buisness across sub-Saharan Africa • M&A Operations lead for divestment and separation- Partnership Origination, negotiation, contracting and management of commercial agreements across wholesale, brand, technical assistance and strategy in Angola, Zambia, Uganda, Botswana, Cameroon, and Kenya.• Social Impact Lead for Ethiopia market entry, building team of Vodafone, Safaricom, Vodacom… Show more • Advisory Practice lead for Vodafone’s telecom commercial partnerships and consultancy buisness across sub-Saharan Africa • M&A Operations lead for divestment and separation- Partnership Origination, negotiation, contracting and management of commercial agreements across wholesale, brand, technical assistance and strategy in Angola, Zambia, Uganda, Botswana, Cameroon, and Kenya.• Social Impact Lead for Ethiopia market entry, building team of Vodafone, Safaricom, Vodacom, CDC and Sumitomo to maximise impact of a digital society through Health, Agriculture, Education and Financial inclusion • Managing >€13m P&L, and delivery of over €35m of services to partners, through global matrix network of Vodafone Group Companies. Leveraging global experts across all functions • Management of Digital transformation programmes for Kenya, and Angola, with strategic advisory on infrastructure deployment with new network and IT infrastructure, leveraging big data and analytics• Launched two branded MNOs, and closed 3 branded MNOs through insolvency, and regulatory termination• Market strategies for expansion, Innovative procurement commercial models, brand and marketing campaigns, including synergies for Financial Service expansion Mpesa and non-telco collaboration • Long term relationship building at the C-Level with partners, public and private sector stakeholders, and building diverse virtual teams for projects across Marketing, Technology, Network and IT • Internal stakeholder management across UK Group, South Africa Group, and 8 other owned operations• Top 20 Inspire programme FY1718, Top Talent (5%) across Vodafone Group 5 years running• Passionate about the transformational power of connectivity in sub-Saharan Africa, • In-depth knowledge of African telecom markets, infrastructure, regulatory trends, and development financing opportunities for affordable and accessible connectivity Show less

London, United Kingdom

• Head of Commercial Agreement business development for 4 Emerging Market Digital products across 8 markets: South Africa, Ghana, Tanzania, India, Mozambique, DRC and Lesotho• Launched new digital consumer products across 7 markets in Africa and South Asia• Product Marketing for all Emerging Markets consumer products growing consumer utilisation and penetration from 2m to 4m monthly active users in 2 years• ATL, BTL Digital and Traditional Marketing, Product branding and user… Show more • Head of Commercial Agreement business development for 4 Emerging Market Digital products across 8 markets: South Africa, Ghana, Tanzania, India, Mozambique, DRC and Lesotho• Launched new digital consumer products across 7 markets in Africa and South Asia• Product Marketing for all Emerging Markets consumer products growing consumer utilisation and penetration from 2m to 4m monthly active users in 2 years• ATL, BTL Digital and Traditional Marketing, Product branding and user experience design • Product research, usability testing, Go-To-Market planning and launch for 5 products within Xone tech innovation hub in London Show less

London, United Kingdom

Commercialising innovation within BT Ventures. New product development and International roll out of Fibre Optic Acoustic Sensing for the Oil and Gas sector.- New Business Development- Sales Management- Marketing- Product Management- P&L Management

London, United Kingdom

Proposition and Strategy manager for BT Wi-fi, delivering consumer products across Enterprise partners.- Proposition Management- Product Management- Policy Management- User Experience

Entered Fast Track Leadership Programme, working as a Business Improvement consultant. Delivered change management projects across network operations for fixed line consumer business. Green Belt Lean 6 Sigma Qualified.- Change Management- Process Transformation- Lean6Sigma- Business Improvement

Harare, Zimbabwe

Investment advisory in Zimbabwean Merchant Bank for multiple capital raise transactions of over $100m for public and private companies using proprietary trading methods.- Commercial Management- Emerging Markets- New Business Development

New York, Usa

Policy and project manager, delivering multi-lateral post conflict needs assessments with regional development banks.

Juba, Southern Sudan

Established and managed Southern Sudan Recovery Fund (SRF) in UN Coordinator's Office

Kuajok, Warrap State, Southern Sudan

Local Government Recovery Programme

Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

Coordination of NFI/Emergency shelter distribution for 6 deployments across Uganda and Kenya

Geneva, Switzerland

Part of Oil for food programme technical delegation defending the Republic of Iraq at the UN Compensation Commission against claims of damages for Environmental Damage and Natural Resource Loss.

Celle, Germany

Short Service Limited Commission.

Executive Mba 2020, Business Administration And Management, General, Distinction

Ma, Humanitarian Action

Ma, Geography

Geography, South Pacific Island Development

Activities and Societies: Afl