Diplomatic, solutions-driven leader with a passion for African development. Strategic growth driver who adaptively leads and responds to change. Motivated by quality and continuous improvement to deliver tangible development impact.

Strategic partnerships & growth – Secured programme implementation agreements/extensions with high-profile donors.
Project management – Oversaw 20+ high-risk multi-donor international development projects across Africa with a combined contract value of over £100 million across a 3-year period, with an average portfolio size of £12 million.
Leadership – Managed field teams across Ghana, Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Rwanda. Led training for new teams of 15+ staff to fully operationalise projects in under one month. Provided professional development mentorship to junior staff.
Operations – Selected to receive a company discretionary award for exceeding performance expectations and delivering high-quality management. Achieved cost savings of 30% for project start-ups in East Africa.
Capacity building (private sector development) – Addressed 500+ Chinese and African delegates in Côte d'Ivoire to develop knowledge capacity on Chinese private sector investment impacts across Africa. Published author in this domain.
Advocacy & campaign outreach – Championed regional multi-media campaigns on behalf of public and private sector clients ahead of the 2015 UK general election to a target audience of 76,000 people.