Director Of Strategy & Development
London, Gb
DMI is an innovative social enterprise that delivers evidence-based mass media campaigns to change behaviours in developing countries. I led on developing strategy, designing projects and securing significant funding. - Developed fundraising strategy and function from scratch.- Built out two new business units: DMI Advisory (consulting arm) and DMI Labs (research and development arm). - Built strategic partnerships with a range of donors and partners to secure $19m of funding, as outlined below.- Led team to secure $4.9m to launch a randomised controlled trial in Burkina Faso of a radio family planning campaign: $2.3m from the Global Innovation Fund, $2.2m from a private US donor, $400,000 from USAID (DIV). - Led team to secure $3.45m of funding for scaling up a child health radio campaign across Burkina Faso: $1.3m from Alive & Thrive (Gates), $1.2m from Comic Relief, $765,000 from SPRING (USAID), $200,000 from a UK foundation.- Raised $1.75m from Unorthodox Philanthropy to launch a child health radio and TV campaign in Mozambique. - Led successful bid for the £3m media component of a five-year nutrition project in Tanzania.- Achieved a ‘standout charity’ recommendation from GiveWell, leading to donations and grants of over $800,000.- Secured $550,000 in unrestricted funding from the Mulago Foundation to set up offices in DRC and Mozambique.- Secured $1.05m from UNICEF, DFID and Save the Children to launch a radio campaign across 8 provinces of DRC.- Secured $1m from the Packard Foundation to run a family planning radio and TV campaign in Kinshasa, DRC.- Led team in Mozambique to win competitive bid for a $500,000 World Food Programme nutrition project. - Won $100,000 from Grand Challenges (Gates Foundation) to pilot a mobile phone video project in Burkina Faso.- Recruited Operations Director, Creative Director, West Africa Rep, DRC and Mozambique Country Directors, etc.