Christopher O.
Christopher O.
Last update: Jul 17, 2023
Christopher O.
Last update: Jul 17, 2023
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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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Sectors:
Food Security, Standards & Consumer Protection, Trade, Food Processing & Safety, Fisheries & Aquaculture, Agriculture
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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 
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