Co-founder of Wild Expeditions Ltd.We plan and execute wildlife expeditions to some of the most remote and wild places on the planet.Wild Expeditions is the result of a passion for adventure and the natural world. We wanted to bring together conservation and expeditions to under-represented and remote locations around the world, so that your travel can have a real and tangible positive impact on endangered environments. Learn more by following us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/wildexpeditions.info/Or visiting our website: www.wildexpeditions.info

Project Manager for a number of projects at the University of Birmingham including:CIAMM - Assisting SMEs in developing quantum technology products and services.QTIH - Procurement of medical and quantum-tech related equipment for the University's quantum tech accelerator hub.DEMANDHub - Assisting SMEs in bringing to market medical technology products and services.

Programme Manager of a 6 year, £32.6 million DFID-funded skills development and youth employment programme in northern Nigeria reaching 68,000 marginalised young people across 4 states by 2021. Responsible for programme management functions including: human resources, procurement, logistics, client engagement, finance, forecasting, technical support, risk assessment, continuous improvement, and corporate liaison:• Oversight of key milestone delivery for core technical components including institutional TVET redesign, skills development centres, informal sector apprenticeship training, and local economic development, with cross-cutting and supportive interventions, namely MRM, gender, research and continuous political economy assessment.• Led on procurement and troubleshooting of £4million worth of tools and equipment for TVET centres established by the programme across 4 states.• Line management responsibility in areas of finance, procurement and state co-ordination.• Established a transparent recruitment process and managed the recruitment of 14 scale-up team members in northern Nigeria covering skills such as logistics, procurement, curriculum development, operations and MSE development.• Supported monthly, quarterly and annual financial forecasting and work planning processes across intervention units, managing queries from the client and ensuring intervention units deliver within budget, whilst also seeking to achieve VfM and increased efficiency as the programme scales-up.• Attended regular check-in meetings with DFID to update on programme achievements and discuss strategy, finance, VfM and scale-up.• Updated programme risk registers on a monthly basis, taking into account political, economic, environmental and security risks.• In addition to my core programme management role, I support business development opportunities with an emphasis on how ICT4D solutions can be incorporated to support programme delivery.Twitter: @MAFITAProject

Independent Consultant working across various development projects including business development for local NGOs.

Visions in Actions, now Africa Development Corps, is an international NGO based in Washington. Our programmes cover many thematic areas including agriculture, education and public health in several African nations including Liberia, Rwanda and Uganda.• Responsible for the full implementation of UNICEF’s programme: ‘Peace Building, Education and Advocacy (PBEA)’, partially during the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak• Financial/budget management: $245,000 over 6 months reaching 4,500 beneficiaries• Direct performance management of the education team’s seven members, as well as significant assistance for ADC’s 30 other employees• Significant assistance in the management of ADC’s other programmes (rice swamp development/ Ebola response and recovery – FAO, SDC, WFP)• External reporting (monthly and quarterly) and monitoring of internal reporting• Monitoring and evaluation of progress against outcomes• Donor and government relationship management• Building local capacityReason for leaving: end of project funding

Reporting directly to the Country Director in Monrovia, I assisted in the day-to-day management, planning and delivery of ADC's programmes:• Assisting in the management of programmes in both agriculture and education• Extensive donor research and the subsequent formulation of concept notes and full project proposals • Formulating budgets for prospective programmes

Promoted to a Consultant position ahead of the standard training programme, I was responsible for communicating with both potential candidates and clients within the cyber security market space:• Researching suitable candidates and business development opportunities throughout Europe• Designing, writing and executing proposals, as well as negotiating terms with clients, candidates and other stakeholders (often C-level)• Promoted early to consultant following strong target achievementReason for leaving: pursuit of career in International Development

During my two weeks at the IDC I was exposed to the monitoring and evaluation techniques used to review DFID's international aid programmes. My central responsibility involved the creation of a brief based on an annual report from the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI). • Evaluating DFID’s aid programmes, such as Private Sector Development• Co-authoring a brief for Parliament based on the critical reading of several reports• Members of Parliament later used the brief in an evidence session at which DFID representatives attended. The successful evidence session was recorded and shown on Parliament TVReason for leaving: End of internship period

Following several months of voluntary work at Anti-Slavery International, I was offered a paid part-time position within the finance and administration department. • Financial database work (such as Integra and Accounting Office) and general office admin• Working independently, as well as coordinating with other employeesReason for leaving: Completion of contracted work

ICDDR, B is a large research institute located in Dakar, Bangladesh:• Primary research for my undergraduate dissertation• Use of SPSS software for statistical analysis and survey design for qualitative dataReason for leaving: Completion of research

In order to raise funds to travel before university I worked at Subway for several months as a sandwich artist. My responsibilities included producing sandwiches, maintaining the hygiene of the working environment and training of new staff.