As Head of Risk Consulting I both lead our personnel in the planning and conduct of all consulting and operational work, and personally deliver complex, strategic projects, including those we prime for USAID in Nigeria and South Sudan.RSM is a full service security risk and business continuity management consulting and training firm. Operating worldwide, we provide advice, skills, training and resources to sectors including humanitarian aid and the wider development sector (including… Show more As Head of Risk Consulting I both lead our personnel in the planning and conduct of all consulting and operational work, and personally deliver complex, strategic projects, including those we prime for USAID in Nigeria and South Sudan.RSM is a full service security risk and business continuity management consulting and training firm. Operating worldwide, we provide advice, skills, training and resources to sectors including humanitarian aid and the wider development sector (including USAID and other donor-funded implementers) iNGOs and institutional development bodies, oil, gas and mining, IT services and US state and federal agencies, enabling teams and individuals to travel and work safely and productively in often challenging environments. RSM provides services from ISO 22301-compliant organizational resilience audits, risk assessment and the provision of practical, field-trialed operating procedures and plans, in-country project management and logistical support, to mentoring of senior leadership teams, scenario-based crisis management exercises, and substantial levels of training to management and wider staff teams. We provide class-leading Hostile Environment Awareness Training, Female Security Awareness Training (both programs certified by City and Guilds under their Assured program), immersive Virtual Reality games, and animated online training in multiple languages, providing a cost effective and globally accessible means of up-skilling often geographically disparate teams. We also provide flexible logistical support to solo travelers or small groups, ensuring they are collected at airports, transferred to hotels and moved around their visit locations safely and unobtrusively, and have the approved, local resources in place to respond at very short notice to these demand-led requirements across South America, Africa, the Middle East, South and Central Asia and the Pacific Rim. Show less

Program Manager for the Plymouth University & Western Morning News Growth Fund (PWGF). PWGF is a direct grant investment scheme funded through the Government's Regional Growth Fund. Over a 4 year period it will invest approaching £5M in around 100 small and medium-sized businesses in Devon, Cornwall and Somerset. Profiled to create over 550 jobs and lever £7M of co-investment, it is regarded as an example of best practice nationally. Responsible for the design and development of the scheme… Show more Program Manager for the Plymouth University & Western Morning News Growth Fund (PWGF). PWGF is a direct grant investment scheme funded through the Government's Regional Growth Fund. Over a 4 year period it will invest approaching £5M in around 100 small and medium-sized businesses in Devon, Cornwall and Somerset. Profiled to create over 550 jobs and lever £7M of co-investment, it is regarded as an example of best practice nationally. Responsible for the design and development of the scheme, succesfully bidding for funding within an intensely competitive process, and its operational management and impact evaluation.Management and delivery of economic development research and consultancy projects.Large corporate project development supporting the University's enterprise and innovation strategy. Show less

Design, development, implementation and management of regional workforce skills program for the food & drink sector.

Delivery of high quality consultancy in the field of economic development and regeneration, including: research; strategy and action plan development; monitoring and evaluation; economic impact analysis

The development of rural economic development projects in conjunction with public and private sector organisations. Once developed, conducted detailed investment appraisals, provided grant funding and oversaw the monitoring and evaluation of outcomes.

Core role: Delivery of leadership training to junior and senior non-commissioned officersSecondary roles: Delivery of specialist language training to officers and diplomatic staff drawn from over 30 nations worldwide - courses ranging from 3 weeks to 3 months; psychological operations in post-conflict areas - using local and national media and own channels to minimize / remove risk of conflict / disorder