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Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

London, United Kingdom

Trading company for the Vision Foundation the new name for the Greater London Fund for the Blind

London, United Kingdom

Member of the Risk and Audit Committee (September 2019 - May 2023)

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

London, United Kingdom

International consultant for Think Consulting Solutions, Fight for sight - July 2016 - April 2017,Changing Faces April 2017 - September 2017, Lumos September 2017 - October 2018,International Consultant: Groundswell Philanthropy October 2018 - December 2019

Worldwide

As a Member of the Senior Leadership Team, responsible for maximizing fundraising revenue, improving fundraising efficiency and creating a global communications strategy, with management of 8 national fundraising offices – UK, Norway, Switzerland, Germany, The Netherlands, USA, Canada, Hong Kong and a budget of $46 million CAD. 14 direct reports in 8.

The Hague Area, Netherlands

Western Europe And North America

London, United Kingdom, Western Europe

London, United Kingdom

Zürich Area, Switzerland

Mozambique

• Overall responsibility for the Mozambique program with budget oversight of $2 million committed for 2013. Managed 25 staff and up to 60+ contractors.Key Responsibilities and Achievements
• Develop and guide the long term goals of the organization.
• Capitalize on opportunities to grow fundraising to achieve program scale and sustainability.
• Oversee program planning, management, evaluation and reporting.
• Develop and deploy training programs to build staff and organizational capacity.
• Achieved the status of the best “Orphans and vulnerable groups program” within the Habitat network.

Europe And Central Asia Area Office, Armenia, Hungary, Slovakia

• Working directly with a staff of 12 in the area office and a further 30 RDC staff in the national organization, goal was to develop RDC capacity within the ECA program region, to ensure that RDC strategy at national.
• Direct responsibility for a fundraising target of $3 million USD for ECA program countries.
• Cultivation and stewardship of major donors to the ECA region.
• Responsible for capacity building and support for 5 Western Europe fundraising countries for restricted and unrestricted income from both Western Europe and corporate team,target $12 million USD
• In collaboration with the national directors of program countries, developed strategic fundraising and communications plans and targets.
• Created, developed, monitored and evaluated a team of fundraising specialists’ in each country.

Europe And Central Asia Area Office, Armenia. Hungary, Slovakia

Working with in country staff to develop their fundraising programs, responsible for all fundraising from the USA and Canada.

Latin American And Caribean Regional Office - Costa Rica, Mexico, El Salvador

Due to the success of the Habitat Guatemala program I was asked to serve as a consultant to Mexico and El Salvador. Worked with country teams to analyze performance, undertake market research and create a fundraising strategy. Created and implemented management systems to achieve strategy and build the capacity of the fundraising teams.

Guatemala

• Managed a team of 10 staff and 15 volunteers with budget management oversight of $2.3 million USD. Responsible for the donor management of all International Donors, events, Major Donor Visits, Working with program to.
• Creation of fundraising strategy and growth of international fundraising from $650K to $2.3 million USD.
• Cultivation and stewardship of major donors culminating into a $1 million USD individual gift.
• Implemented new strategies to retain, re-engage, cultivate and recognize international donors.
• Increased donations, increased retention levels, and re-engaged lapsed donors.
• Organized a system of information to ensure donor reports were delivered on time and to a high standard, leading directly to a higher retention of donors.

Responsible for a buying budget of £20 million GBP, for 45 retail stores in Scotland, England and Northern Ireland. Working with Nike, Adidas, Puma, Sketchers on branded, high fashion sports footwear.Maximised profit by: Strategic planning, Analysing market trends, financial analysis, negotiating and purchasing from world class brands/ direct from source.

Began as a graduate trainee in the Buying and Merchandising Department, experience in Lingerie, Footwear, Perfume, Accessories. Final Position Footwear Buyer responsible for a buying budget of £15 million GBP.

Msc, Development Management

Development Management - Context and Practice, Rethinking Social Policy, Capacities for Managing Development, Environmental Decision.

Ba, Business Law & Political Science

Activities and Societies: Fencing Club, Politics Society, History Society, Law Society, CACTUS (Community Action At The University of.

Professional Certificate, Strategic Thinking

Strategy

Post Graduate Certificate, Marketing

Post Graduate Certificate, Organisational Development

Diploma In Development Management, Development Economics And International Development

Certificate In Development Management, Development Economics And International Development

Personal Security For Humanitarians (Heat), Security

6 Months Intensive Language Study, Spanish Language