United Kingdom
With near twenty years of experience across charity and private sector, I bring a strong focus on nonprofit leadership, transformational change, programmme delivery and donor compliance to my role as Global Director of Award Management and Donor Compliance at Save the Children International. Committed to advancing the organization's mission across Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Middle East, Northen Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, I champion effective management systems, ensuring streamlined operations and compliance across diverse, global programs. My approach prioritizes collaboration, integrity and accountability to empower diverse teams and deliver impactful results. At Save the Children, I oversee global grants and contracts management, integrating advanced systems to improve operational efficiency. With the move to Global Teams, my work continues to support sustainable, high-impact programs that align with organizational values and donor expectations. I am a seasoned governance professional, with Board experience in education and in the charity sector, currently Chair of Governors for a UK Infant school, having supported the school leadership to achieve an Ofsted Outstanding rating in 2024, and on the board of Save the Children Tanzania.
Board Director on the governing board of Save the Children Tanzania
Trustee of School Fund charity whose purpose is to enhance the education of pupils of the school by providing or assisting in the provision of educational, recreational and other charitable facilities in augmentation of those financed by the local authority.
School Governor at a London infant school. Elected to Board of Governors as parent governor to support the Infant School in achieving their mission, living the school values an holding the leadership to account for delivery of quality education for all pupils. Supported the school leadership to achieve Ofsted Outstanding rating in 2024. Board Chair from Dec 2025. Acting Chair from July 2025. Vice Chair from 2024. English Lead 2022 onwards. Safeguarding Lead July 2025 onwards. https://www.churchfieldsinfant.com/
Awards (Grants and Contracts) and Donor Compliance Director overseeing the global function within Global Programme Operations and an active member of the Extended Leadership Team, Global Programme Delivery & Impact Leadership team. Includes oversight and leadership of our award and project management process and systems enabling programmes across Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Middle East, Northen Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean . Led through multiple significant changes, external shocks successfully (COVID-19, USG changes in 2025) and major organisation restructures. Exploring how AI may enhance contract management through the award cycle and strengthen operational rigour and efficiencies in delivery.
Leader of project to replatform our grants management system from Microsoft SharePoint to Azure and manage change for downstream applications consuming data
Donor engagement, compliance reviews, audit and capacity building for Save the Children programmes. Field-based work to date in South Sudan, Philippines, Haiti, Ethiopia, Uganda, Zimbabwe.
Award (grants and contracts) management and coordination including opportunity and proposal development for the Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) first phase emergency response (deployment). Led proposal development securing c.40mUSD funds for the response within first six weeks.
Seconded to support the transition and establishment of the International Procurement Unit in Save the Children International whilst maximising quality of procurement service to international programme operations.