Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Currently the CEO of Publish What You Fund, the global campaign for aid transparency. Launched in 2008, we work to make information on aid and development finance open by default and to make sure it is shared and used. With a background in management and logistics I was formerly the Chief Executive of Transaid, an international UK development charity that aims to reduce poverty and improve livelihoods across Africa and the developing world through creating better transport. Transaid's revenue in 2014/15 was ~£2.1m. Management Experience: Strategy Development and Implementation, Business Development, Financial Management, Stakeholder Liaison. Technical Experience: Public Health, Transport and Logistics, International Development, Fleet Management, Rural Access, Road Safety, Humanitarian Logistics, Patient Referral, Medical Supply Chains, Maternal Health and Immunization. Recent technical assignments include: >> 2017 (Jun) - Team Leader – National Medical Supplies Fund – Evaluating the national medicine distribution system and advising the Director on improvement opportunities. (Khartoum, Sudan) >> 2016 (Nov) - Team Leader - CHAI - Rural Emergency Transport Scheme; designing and implementing a 50 vehicle rural ambulance service coupled with a monitoring and evaluation system. (Lusaka, Zambia) >> 2015 (Oct) - Team Leader - GAVI - Vaccine Outsourcing Study; securing funding for, and executing a global piece of research interviewing private sector, government and civil society orgs: http://www.gavi.org/library/gavi-documents/white-papers/outsourcing-the-distribution-component-of-vaccine-and-medicine-supply-chains/ >> 2015 (Aug) - Team Leader - DFID/OPML/HEART - Fleet Management Assessment; reviewing and making recommendations to improve the efficiency of, and plan the handover for the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Outbreak fleet. (Freetown, Sierra Leone)
Publish What You Fund is the global campaign for aid transparency. Launched in 2008, we work to make information on aid and development finance open by default and to make sure it is shared and used. Our focus is on governments and institutions that provide aid and development finance. The scope of this work is growing as more money flows to the private sector, through climate finance and to humanitarian emergencies. We concentrate on the largest providers of aid and development finance as we want the maximum amount of information as possible to be open.
Charity Finance Group is the charity that champions best practice in finance management in the voluntary sector. Founded in 1987, Charity Finance Group’s training and development programmes enable finance managers to give the essential leadership on finance strategy and management that their charities need. With more than 1,350 charities in membership, managing over £21.1 billion, (which represents almost one third of the sector’s income), we are uniquely placed to challenge regulation which threatens the effective use of charity funds.
Charity Finance Group is the charity that champions best practice in finance management in the voluntary sector. Founded in 1987, Charity Finance Group’s training and development programmes enable finance managers to give the essential leadership on finance strategy and management that their charities need. With more than 1,350 charities in membership, managing over £21.1 billion, (which represents almost one third of the sector’s income), we are uniquely placed to challenge regulation which threatens the effective use of charity funds.
RESULTS is an international NGO that uses advocacy and campaigning to bring about the end of extreme poverty. We do that by recruiting, training and inspiring hundreds of volunteers around the world to speak up and call for change. We call on the governments of wealthy nations to spend more money on overseas aid, to spend the money they spend more effectively and efficiently and to ensure that anything they support reaches the poorest and most vulnerable people all the time. "RESULTS are incredibly dedicated and knowledgeable about the issues they work on. It's remarkable how much they've done and how few people have any idea about it." -Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank
AidEx is the leading international event for professionals in aid and development. We have two annual events: Our flagship conference and exhibition in Brussels (18-19 November 2015), and our 2 day Conference in Nairobi (September) AidEx encompasses a conference, exhibition, meeting areas, awards and workshops. Its fundamental aim is to engage the sector at every level and provide an annual forum for the visitors to meet, source, supply and learn. Be sure to sign up to our newsletter to get all the latest updates from the sector.
Transaid is an international UK development charity that aims to reduce poverty and improve livelihoods across Africa and the developing world through creating better transport. We do this by building local skills and knowledge to make transport safer, cheaper, cleaner and more effective, ensuring better access to the essentials for everyday life such as healthcare, education and training, and economic opportunities. Transaid’s history goes back over 25 years and is strongly supported by the European Transport and Logistics Industry. Through combining this expertise with our longstanding experience of working in the developing world, we partner with organisations in the public and private sector including local community organisations, governments, institutions and donors to build capability and achieve our aims. This collaborative approach enables Transaid to provide innovative solutions to some of the key challenges facing transport and development today. Transaid was founded by Save the Children and The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and our Patron is HRH The Princess Royal.
Responsible for acquiring, staffing and managing eight international development projects across four countries (Nigeria, Zambia, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe). Clients included DFID, GFATM and BMGF.
Responsible for the advocacy, development and implementation of transport projects in the developing world which serve to alleviate poverty through providing access to markets and services. Working with multiple partners including governments, civil society and international development agencies such as DFID, DANIDA, JICA, WHO, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Clinton Foundation to advocate for and promote Transaid’s aims.