Oxford-trained social anthropologist, NGO campaigner, freelance consultant and activist with more than twenty years experience of advocacy and consultancy work on the rights of indigenous peoples in tropical countries. Practised fieldworker with proven skills in action research with indigenous peoples and social movements in Latin America and South Asia. A policy analyst and specialist in the social and environmental safeguard policies and standards of international financial institutions and publicly funded development agencies. Proficient writer and practised author of NGO advocacy documents with extensive experience of public dialogues and presentations involving forest communities and their organisations, as well as national and international forest policy makers. Effective fundraiser with more than 10 years’ experience of senior management in the NGO sector.
Listed skills include International Development, Biodiversity, Sustainable Development, Climate Change, and 18 others.