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Christopher O.
Last update: Jul 17, 2023
Details
Citizenships:
UK
Languages:
English, Thai
Highest Degree:
Doctorate
Experience:
36 years
Salary:
Countries:
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, North Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
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Attachments• 2
Associated Awards • 1
About
Professional experience:
- Higher education/research
- Private sector consulting/training
- Development consulting
- Managing complex policy dialogues/interventions
25 years of international consulting - project, people, and resource management
10+ years as Team Leader delivering complex, multi-stakeholder, multi-year projects
Achievements
1. Inclusive and transparent governance and regulatory frameworks for policy coherence and transformation enhanced by developing
- opportunities for policy change based on food systems approach
- cooperation and competence across governance levels
- participation of those with less power and resources
- public-private-partnerships to drive sustainable production/SPS control in food value chains
- SPS control and regulatory framework using the farm-to-fork approach
- assessment and management of food safety risks
2. Supported regional governments and private sector in transitioning to food production that safeguards environment, climate, and consumer health by:
- reducing the use of, and dependency on, agrochemicals
- moving agriculture towards sustainable practices
- reducing food waste
- improving product traceability
- building hygiene control by food operators
- maintaining the nutritional value of food
3. Contributed to establishing socially and economically just food systems by
- bridging the gap between producers and consumers - alternative agri-business models
- empowering small-scale farmers and SMEs to meet market requirements and adopt sustainable practices
4. Created user-friendly communication tools
5. Supported EU Delegations by
- Designing and managing policy interventions
- Communicating values and policies
- Supporting/coordinating external expertise - short-term experts, resource persons/speakers, facilitation of meetings, research support
6. Practical knowledge transfer
- undergraduate lectures
- private sector client-focused in-house and public training
- training of local and national government officers
7. Research focused on delivering solutions to empower food systems to change
Applied research
- Technical - sustainable food systems
- Market science - modelling (i) consumer food selection behaviour; (ii) innovation strategies by companies
Participatory action research to strengthen
- sago industry sustainability
- small-scale agro-processing in China, the Philippines and Vietnam
- a Thai research unit
- post-harvest management and reduce losses in Vietnam’s grain sector
Research for development
- promote inclusion of SMEs in China, the Philippines
