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Alan Saffery Experienced Project Manager & Agricultural/Private Sector Development Expert
Last update: Aug 18, 2024
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Citizenship:
UK
Languages:
English
Highest Degree:
Masters
Experience:
30 years
Countries:
Afghanistan, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Georgia, India, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Romania, Somalia, Somaliland, South Africa, UAE, UK, Ukraine
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- Passionate, versatile, committed and results-oriented development practitioner with 25 years’ experience in 20 countries leading, managing, and implementing economic growth, trade, and agricultural, private sector, and market systems development activities.
- Senior project management roles with expertise in project design, project startup and closeout, work planning, procurement, finance, operations, grants management, monitoring/evaluation/learning, reporting, gender & youth engagement, communications, HR, donor coordination, contract and environmental compliance. Managed complex projects, in conflict-afflicted locations, with more than 150 national & expatriate personnel, and budgets of more than US$100 million.
- 10+ years of grants management, procurement, and contract/environmental compliance experience – more than US$40 million issued through fixed amount awards, in-kind and simplified grants. Solid knowledge of US Government and USAID management, financial, grants, procurement and environmental policies and regulations.
- 20+ years’ experience in proposal development, consumer, market and industry research, sector and value chain analyses and strategies, public private dialogue, enterprise mentoring, institutional capacity building, business environment reform, investment facilitation, export promotion, business and financial planning, marketing, workforce development and training, and female economic empowerment.
- Experience in a wide range of industries, including agribusiness, tourism & hospitality, light manufacturing, construction materials, renewable energy, waste management, apparel, carpets & rugs, pharmaceuticals, transport & logistics, IT, cashmere, and packaging.
- Entrepreneurial experience in running tourism/hospitality and real estate enterprises in the UK and South Africa leading to greater appreciation for, and understanding or, challenges encountered by SMEs.
