My 30+ years of professional expertise covers:

• Sustainable development practice at project, programme, and policy level with the EU and UN globally.
• Donor financing techniques including attracting extensive private investment funding for donor purposes.
• Native EN communication producing ministerial papers, governance reports, web publications, videos, etc.
• Sectoral expertise in food security and nutrition, climate, infrastructure, business, social and natural capital.
• Analysis and networking good practices in donor operations via participatory and bottom-up policy vehicles.
• Leaving no one behind in urban and rural territories including marine islands, mountain and coastal zones.

Highlights of this EU and UN career comprise staff roles employed by the European Investment Bank Group, as well as British public sector grant fund management roles. My senior expert advisory contracts span the spectrum of international sustainable development action including monitoring, evaluation and learning. I am qualified in regional planning and rural development as well as photography and audio-visual technology. Current and recent assignments cover:

Technical Writer of Ministerial policy briefing papers and documents for UN Country Team Heads and food systems experts working with the FAO's Europe and Central Asia region. Topics include climate convergence, nutrition-sensitive value chains, systems-led transition tactics, and war impact controls.

Technical Writer for the world's first UN Food Systems Coordination Hub Climate Action Blueprint (CAB) model. This aligns Kazakhstan’s UN Food Systems National Pathway and convergence roadmap with a new National Adaptation Plan and the country's Paris Agreement for Nationally Determined Contributions. CABs are forecast to become horizontal features for FAO Member States.

Content Creator for the European Commission's EU Common Agricultural Policy Network writing and advising across EU agri-food policy and bio-economy topics covering both CAP Funds, all the CAP objectives, and 20+ years of networking rural stakeholders at project, programme, policy, and Foresight levels.

Scientific Storytelling factsheet model for a European Commission Joint Research Centre study on the EU 'Do No Significant Harm' concept guiding key EU private and public sector policy for climate and environment.

Technical English language editorial support for materials published by the UNDP in The Maldives focused on crisis resilience, climate litigation, island finance, and more.

Strategic Communications Advisor duties increasing the visibility of Team Europe development advisory work with the national Ministry of Agriculture in Uzbekistan including video production and AKIS website development.

Originally UK based in Scotland's Highland and Islands region, I have lived in continental Europe since 2004 and now I operate from residencies in Barcelona and Luxembourg. I hold dual Luxembourgish and British nationalities and my international insights take in Caribbean isles, southeast Asia, central and eastern Asia, the Caucasus, Western Balkans, all EU Member States, and the UK. My mother tongue is English and I continue to improve my understanding of French, Lithuanian, Spanish, and Luxembourgish languages. Please see my LinkedIn posts for current interests.