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United Arab Emirates

Strat!gos is a specialised consulting firm set up to meet the growing need for financial intermediation services in the impact investing and pay-for-success financing instrument space. We’ve committed to framing the entirety of our work around the the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The 10 principles of the UN Global Compact and the 7 Women's Empowerment Principles. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals. AND Canada's Feminist Development Assistance Policy. Because it's right.We see a world where business works to improve the lives and livelihoods of the communities they operate in, where governments work with the businesses that thrive in their jurisdictions, where you and I have a voice in how that happens through our investment choices and by spending according to our principles. How? Our focus is on using innovative financing strategies and new technologies to harness private capital and the private sector more broadly to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. We bring impact-oriented investors together with social enterprises effecting measurable positive change. We use blended finance strategies to catalyse large-scale investments in work that will substantially move the impact needle. We harness the power of Islamic finance. We leverage cryptocurrency and distributed ledger technology to democratise impact investing and ensure transparency in results. We do development differently.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The United Nations Global Compact is the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative mobilizing a global movement of sustainable companies and stakeholders to create the world we want. The Local Networks advance corporate sustainability at the grassroots level by accompanying companies in their journey towards implementing responsible business practices and contributing to the SDGs.Global Compact Network UAE was launched in 2015, and over the past few years, has successfully raised awareness on and supported implementation of the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact and the SDGs within its specific country context. It currently counts with 137 organisations, of which 116 are companies.As a multi-stakeholder body, Global Compact Network UAE’s Board provides ongoing strategic and policy advice for the Local Network in the UAE and is instrumental in helping to bring business to the table in support of the 2030 Agenda.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The OBA Network is the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford’s official global business alumni network. Launched in 1998, the OBA Network brings together individuals who share a common interest in business, ensuring an active network of emotionally and intellectually engaged alumni who support and further the School’s vision, and serve as proud ambassadors around the globe.The OBA Network continues to expand and now boasts more than 17,500 members, comprised of School degree programme alumni, current School post-graduate degree programme students, University of Oxford alumni interested in business and qualifying Executive Education participants.The support and activity of our OBA Network members contribute to the ongoing development and growth of the School – enhancing the experience for current and future students and alumni.

The Oxford Impact Investing Advisory Committee has been officially set up to provide a base of expertise for the Oxford University Impact Investing Programme Team at the Said Business School to draw upon to ensure that the programme stays both relevant and that it continues to evolve to meets the needs of students and a growing market. The Advisory Committee also provides a structure to access the alumni network, more than half of whom are women, representing diverse sectors and interests across more than 40 countries.

Dubai

Peter worked with multiple stakeholders to identify, design and roll out innovative financing mechanisms for large scale positive impact programmes across the globe, including in India, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Viet Nam, the United Arab Emirates and Papua New Guinea. Mobilising a range of different financing avenues, including institutional investors, Development Finance Institutions, Foundations and large corporates, Peter has been leading Palladium's work in designing payment by results initiatives that are flexible enough to involve host governments, local service providers, a wide array of investors, and a comprehensive grouping of stakeholders eager to pay for successful achievement of outcomes rather than disbursing funds in the hope that pre-agreed targets will be met.

Dubai, Uae

The ABCD‘s primary focus is the facilitation of business opportunities through networking and business intelligence sharing activities. We facilitate bilateral business opportunities between the Gulf and Australasian regions.

Cambodia

Contracted to provide technical assistance to the National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control, a unit of the Cambodian Ministry of Health, to support the work it is undertaking as a Principal Recipient of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria under the Single Stream of Funding Malaria Grant.The scope was advise the Cambodian Government in the areas of financial management systems, program management systems, institutional capacity building, financial and program management governance, internal and external coordination and monitoring and evaluation in order to implement performance-based activities to reduce the burden of malaria - particularly drug-resistant malaria - in Cambodia.

Suva, Fiji

Assisting the Permanent Secretary for Health to identify structural improvements in two of the Ministry of Health's core business areas (national response to Non-Communicable Disease control; and Corporate Services) and provide recommendations on changes needed to evolve these programs to a more transparent and accountable approach.

Fiji

Responsible for all in-country implementation activities of three separate phases of Australian Government support to the Fiji Ministry of Health. Managed the 12-month close down of FHSIP, designed, led and implemented a six-month set of transitional activities, and then started up the new programme of support, FHSSP, before handing responsibility for programme implementation to a full-time implementation team. Duties included:• Liaison between AusAID as donor and Ministry of Health as beneficiary, reporting at strategic and operational level to stakeholders, operational planning and budgeting for National and Divisional level annual activities.• Engagement with other agencies including the Fiji School of Medicine and bilateral and multilateral donor agencies. • Donor coordination focal point for the MoH• Secretariat for the National Steering Committee of the MoH and Australian Government’s support to the health sector• Management of 35 person multi-sectoral team• Ensuring probity, transparency, good practice and adherence to CommonwealthProcurement Guidelines in all activities. • Financial Management including developing budgets and cost schedules.• Grants disbursement procedures for MoH implementing partners• Responsible for the successful close down of the AUD35million Programme FHSIP, the design and implementation of an AUD4million set of transitional activities over 6 months, and the start-up of the AUD33million 5 year FHSSP.

The Australian Nurse Family Partnership Program (ANFPP) is an Australian Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing program, funded through the Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health. The program is one of the cornerstones of the Australian Government's strategy to close the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous populations.The ANFPP is based on a highly structured model developed by Professor David Olds, based at the University of Colorado, called the Nurse Family Partnership (www.nursefamilypartnership.org).The ANFPP supports indigenous mothers from second trimester of pregnancy through to their child's second birthday with a range of clinical and non-clinical interventions and life skills capacity building. At present the ANFPP operates in 5 sites across Australia: Victorian Aboriginal Health Service - Melbourne; Wuchopperen Health Service - Cairns; Central Australian Aboriginal Congress - Alice Springs; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Services - Brisbane; and Wellington Aboriginal Corporation Health Service - Wellington. A further two sites are currently preparing to take on the ANFPP.The Australian Nurse Family Partnership Program Support Service (ANFPPSS) is lead by JTA International in partnership with Menzies School of Health Research, Notre Dame University School of Nursing Broome Campus, James Cook University and the AusVoc Educational Publishing Sunshine Coast Institute of TAFE.The ANFPPSS delivers training and professional support to the staff delivering the ANFPP; provides logistical and professional support to OATSIH and the ANFPP sites encompassing human resources and financial capacity building, ensures the fidelity of the Nurse Family Partnership is adhered to; and supports the building of an information system and an evidence base for the program.The Leadership Team, chaired by the Program Director, consists of Pat Anderson, Dr Mark Wenitong, Dr Victor Nossar and Dr Claire Runciman.

JTA International is an international health services provision, consulting and project management firm which specialises in the provision and implementation of health services in remote and challenging environments.Initially head-hunted to take on the role of Executive Director Strategy and Business Development, and as the portfolio expanded into new markets transitioned to the role of Executive Director Development Programs.The initial role encompassed whole-of-company strategy and business development, while the ED Development Programs primary responsibility was the management and growth of JTA's development programs, which include international development assistance contracts as well as indigenous health programs in Australia.Program Director of the Cooperative Donor Fund Facility, Program Director on the Australian Nurse Family Partnership Support Service, and Program Director of JTA's Sub-Recipient contracts for the Global Fund to combat AIDS, TB and Malaria in Papua New Guinea.

The International Development Contractors (IDC) is the peak industry body for companies contracting to the Australian Government's Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) and other bilateral and multilateral development agencies. The purpose of the IDC is to enhance the effectiveness of ODA aid delivery.

The Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) is an independent, non-profit organisation seeking to promote interest in and understanding of international affairs in Australia.It provides a forum for discussion and debate, but does not seek to formulate its own institutional views. The Institute arranges programs of lectures, seminars, workshops, conferences and other discussions, and sponsors research and publications. The AIIA was formed in 1924 and established as a federal body body in 1933 and is the only nation-wide organisation of its kind in Australia. It is financed by members' contributions, a small government subvention and tax deductible donations from individuals and businesses.

Australia

Responsible for bringing together public health professionals involved in international health to share lessons and work towards synthesising research, policy and practice. Brought international experts from South Asia, South East Asia and the South Pacific together to develop a regional public health network.

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Liverpool Associates in Tropical Health (LATH) is the consultancy arm of the world-renowned Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine LSTM. Established in 1986, LATH is a dedicated technical assistance company specialising in programme management, consultancy and training. As LSTM’s consulting arm, LATH is a gateway to internationally recognised research and expertise, both supporting and benefiting from the School’s wide-ranging experience. LATH's work directly contributes to meeting the Millennium Development Goals for reducing poverty and inequalities in the developing world. This includes cutting infant mortality, improving maternal health and reversing the spread of endemic diseases.As Head of Business Development was a member of the 5 person Senior Management Team encompassing the Managing Director, Finance and Deputy Director, Business Systems Manager and Head of Technical Services, which synthesised and agreed on the 4 focal areas of technical comparative advantage which are maintained to the present day.Gained entry for LATH into the USAID market through successful tendering for two global initiatives as a major sub-contractor, the Neglected Tropical Disease Program and the Indoor Residual Health Program, and expanded the portfolio to include activities in fragile states in the Horn of Africa, specifically through the multi-donor trust fund health sector support program in South Sudan, and the DFID-funded MNCH project in Somaliland.

Netherlands

From March 2003- December 2004 held position of Executive Manager of RDP Medi Vision International, a joint venture health consultancy that was subsumed into the broader GRM International consultancy portfolio. Following this integration, continued to lead health sector activities for GRM Europe, as well as supporting rural development, education, and other social sector business development activities. Based out of the Utrecht office, worked predominantly on EC, ADB, World Bank and DFID activities. Achievements included:• Securing and successfully implementing ODA activities in Indonesia, Philippines, Ghana, Yemen, Bangladesh, Viet Nam, Cape Verde and Central Asian Republics• Developing a functional database of health consultants.• Raising health sector profile of GRM International in Europe.• Developing relationships with a range of institutions, firms, NSAs and QNGOs to provide appropriate institutional strengthening, technical expertise and research focus in international projects.

Recruited and managed a large multi-disciplinary team of permanent and short-term consultants for an AUD120,000,000 5 year project (Papua New Guinea Health Services Support Programme). • Responsible for preparation, editing and proofing of client reports, logframes and annual plans.• Responsible for all aspects of the recruitment process for long and short-term consultants and the development of human resources management policy and procedure. • Coordinated in-country research and technical reports and the Monitoring and Evaluation activities. • Regular in-country missions for both technical and management functions. • Performance Monitoring Framework Analyst for the 19 Core Indicators of the Executing Agency.

India

Supervised students from Sydney University Cumberland Campus for Health Science and Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada in their final placements before graduation from health science degrees (including nursing, occupational therapy, leisure therapy and physiotherapy) in community based rehabilitation programs in a variety of remote rural and urban slum settings.

The Australian Youth Ambassador's for Development Program is a volunteer program for young professionals aged 18-30 to work for periods of up to one year in a developing country.In 1999 I spent one year in the Fiji Islands working in three areas: in diabetes awareness raising for the Rotary International-funded Beam of Hope Diabetic Retinopathy Program; in community mental health outreach of rehabilitation for St Giles Regional Psychiatric Hospital; and in sports psychology, working as sports psychologist for the Fiji Olympic Soccer Team.While in Fiji I served on two National Advisory Councils: the National Advisory Council on Health Promotion and the National Advisory Council on Mental Health.

Sydney, Australia

Worked in a community based psychiatric rehabilitation program auspiced by the Schizophrenia Fellowship of NSW, working with individuals with moderate to severe mental health issues. Supervised through Royal North Shore Hospital's Dr Martin Baker and Manly Hospital's Dr Judith Spragg.

Sydney, Australia

Participated in direct action campaign preparation, and engaged directly with the community to communicate current campaigns and foster support for environmental issues. Internally, represented the 200+ campaign workforce in industrial relations, including working with management to structure a new and fit-for-purpose remuneration structure.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Psychology

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Psychology And German

Faculty Of Law Graduate Diploma, Criminology

Certificate, Impact Investing Programme

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