Rob Wilkinson Email & Phone Number

Boston, MA, US

Cambridge, Massachusetts, US

• Teaching graduate level courses in the Management, Leadership & Decision-Sciences (MLD) Area at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Courses include: - Leadership Across Difference- Negotiation and Leadership.
• Teaching in a variety of Executive Education Programs, including: - Implementing Public Policy - Leading Diverse Organizations - Achieving Excellence Program - International Executives and Entrepreneurs Program.
• Affiliated Faculty at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School
• Member of the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative teaching team, a joint program between Harvard University and Bloomberg Philanthropies, that offers leadership and management training to mayors from around.
• Member of the Admissions Committee for the Masters of Public Administration (MPA) and Masters of Public Policy (MPP) degree programs
• Member of the Faculty Advisory Board for the HKS Career Negotiation Coaching Program

Cambridge, Massachusetts, US

Cambridge, Massachusetts, US

Taught negotiation and leadership at the graduate level.Winner of a Dean's Teaching Award.

• Delivering support, training and coaching to a variety of clients in Leadership, Management and Negotiation skills. Clients range from private, public and non-profit sectors in numerous countries around the.
• The White House (2011 - Present): Delivering training and coaching to a variety of White House personnel. To date, trained over 3,500 presidential appointees and members of the Senior Executive Service at the White.
• Chevron, Dell, Applied Materials, McDonalds, Capgenmi, Moderna, Raytheon, Sanofi, Thermo Fisher Scientific, KKR, Lockheed Martin and several others. Supporting senior executives by providing training, advice and.
• The Program on Negotiation (PON) at Harvard Law School: Lead consultant and core faculty on the design and delivery of the Negotiation Masterclass, the most advanced negotiation course jointly taught by MIT and Harvard.
• PricewaterhouseCoopers: Led the team that set up and ran the first PricewaterhouseCoopers project office in central Africa.
• Mercy Corps: Worked with the local government and civil society in Srinigar, Kashmir, on Negotiation and Governance training.Additional Clients include: Turner Broadcasting, Autodesk, MITRE, Medimmune, Medtronic.

• Taught graduate level courses in Negotiation, Management, Human Rights and International Development Aid.
• Multiple-nominee for the Paddock Award, for the faculty member who best exemplifies excellence in teaching.

London, GB

• Oversaw daily operations of the Policy and Research Division, which grew to 250 people and an annual budget of $1 billion, in support of the Director-General.
• Successfully negotiated several major, multi-million dollar financing agreements and international programs.
• Rated the top manager in the organization, ranked by an independent management survey.
• Mentored young professionals across the UK, as part of the “Preparing for Top Management” program.

London, GB

• Responsible for oversight and professional development of all conflict, negotiation and security specialists globally.
• As a member of the Senior Management Team, successfully led a major organizational review; tripled the size of the global team by leading a major international recruitment process; created the first internal promotion.
• Served as lead author for DFID’s first governmental policy on conflict resolution.

London, GB

• Lead DFID consultant on a $500 million World Bank program, focused on the implementation of the regional peace accords and negotiated settlements in nine African countries.
• Continually reviewed and advised country programs from the HQ management level, through to policy design, down to front line field implementation.
• Advised and coached Heads of Country Offices, and provided training in leadership and negotiation skills.

Led a review of the national program.

Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

• Provided specialist negotiation support on programs in six countries: the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya.
• Designed and implemented negotiation and conflict resolution programs, evaluated by independent experts, which found measurable positive impact when compared to control groups.
• Oxfam media spokesperson for Emergency Responses: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1772659.stm
• Co-authored paper that was presented as testimony to the UN Security Council.

New York, NY, US

• Investigated breaches of the peace agreement, negotiating with all sides of the conflict.
• Member of the team that led the complete re-design of the new UN peacekeeping operation.
• Led a novel project with the Angolan Oil sector to negotiate the inclusion of human rights standards into business practice.

Published, with eight co-authors, a textbook, Human Rights: The Essential Reference (Oryx Press 1999), to positive reviews. School Library Journal wrote "A specialized resource without an equal”.

Successfully completed consultancies for a number of International Agencies working in Laos, including the Red Cross, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Save the Children, Health Unlimited and others.

London, London, GB

• Conducted research on international conflict, negotiation and security issues for this all-party committee in the British Parliament.

• Supported the Secretary-General on all policy and operational issues, focusing on international negotiation projects.

• Worked in both Sandinista and Contra communities, negotiating the design and construction of gravity-flow water systems.
• Facilitated workshops on resolving community disputes over water usage.

Promoted children’s rights, speaking at companies and civic groups. After six months, the volunteer rate doubled.

Masters Of Science, Materials Science And Engineering

Bachelor Of Science, Materials Science And Engineering