International development expert in development economics, policy analysis, public financial management (PFM), aid management, regional integration, M&E, institutional reform and capacity development (including sensitivity to cultural, political, gender, environmental issues of development) as DFID staff (UK and Nigeria/West Africa), and advisor/inline with Governments in Pacific, Asia, Africa and Caribbean, with particular understanding of small island developing countries. Worked with most major development partners.

 DFID Staff lead engagement with:

• development of Poverty Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) with World Bank and other development partners (identified/formulated the sixth transmission channel: authority); provided briefings/training on PSIA to other development partners, and helped develop links to other forms of impact analysis, including sustainable environmental development, managed work of supporting TAs
• Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS) capacity building, development of multi-donor capacity building pool fund, manage the committee and associated TAs, represented the committee at ECOWAS meetings
• ECOWAS and Nigerian engagement with Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations (Abuja and Brussels), helping to clarify understanding and supported design of TOR and managed work of consultants on analysis of impacts of trade policy
• ECOWAS regional integration: linked to expanding use of Aid-for-Trade and wider regional integration drawing on DFIDs experience across Africa, building up DFID support to regional integration in collaboration with other development partners
• information net work of interested organizations in government, private sectors, NGOs and development partners built up covering ECOWAS issues

 Senior advisory and inline support for policy, analysis and capacity building in Ministries responsible for finance, planning and statistics, with a range of support to other ministries/departments, in Kiribati, Tonga, Maldives and Turks & Caicos:

• providing policy analysis and advise to Heads of Government, Ministers and Departmental Heads in written, graphical and tabular forms, covering macro- & micro-economics, growth, development, planning, budgeting, PFM, regional integration, institutional reform, business enabling environment etc
• drafting and editing content and layout of text, graphics and data in reports, Cabinet papers, plans, budget strategies, projects etc for greater clarity and consistency
• facilitating improved dialogue, consultation and partnership across government (including reserve banks) with private sector (domestic and foreign) and NGOs to help identify constraints to growth/development and design better policies, plans and projects
• supporting Public Financial Management reform across government, from strategic planning to implementation levels, including input to PEFA assessments, and tracking reform progress
• leading formulation of national/strategic plans, based on situational analysis, linked to improved corporate plans and budgets for better implementation
• developing guidance for clear results framework, supporting more integrated and consistent links from the strategic level, through sectors, to institutional level plans and budgets, including links to staff plans
• clarifying and articulating SMART Key Performance Indicators, consistent with the levels of the results framework (especially distinction between outcomes, outputs and activities), improved performance gap analysis/diagnosis, with better links to data collection and M&E
• improving fiscal sustainability: policies for expenditure and taxation, consistency with monetary policy, government budgeting (line, output, GFS, reform of, local and aid, cash and in-kind, budget support, chart of accounts) and in balance with corporate plans, design of fiscal consistency frameworks linked to macro, debt and aid scenarios
• improving loans and national debt policy, management and recording, with improved linkages to macro debt ratios and linkage to fiscal sustainability
• clarifying and developing the project cycle: consultation with clients, identification of performance gaps and diagnosis of reasons, formulation of solutions, appraisal, monitoring and evaluation of projects in most sectors, supporting improved aid coordination, links between development and recurrent budgets, and support to plans
• improving aid effectiveness: improved aid policy, development assistance negotiations, administration and management (including donor forums) for improved aid effectiveness, development partner coordination and joint funding such as budget support, covering most of the major multi- and bi-lateral development partners
• embedding Agenda 2030/SDGs: clarified role of MDGs/SDGs and improved links to government policies, plans and M&E
• member of government boards/committees: public enterprises, reform programs, cross cutting management
• guiding and supporting capacity development, institutional reform and training:
• improving understanding of mandate and articulation of outputs of government to help rationalize government structures and improve cross government operations
• advising on staff management, institutional development/reform, change management, for improved staff performance and institutional delivery better linked to plans and budgets
• improving information management, database design and M&E: drafting procedure manuals, guidance, standard operating procedures with clear processes
• university lecturing, on-the-job and other training, coaching and mentoring of staff at all levels in many topics
• teaching English and cross- cultural communication

 Community and other work:

• President, secretary, treasurer, member: Rotary, Kiwanis
• Mixed farming in Denmark and Australia

 Places Lived and Visited

• lived in Kenya, UK, Denmark, Jersey, Australia (WA, ACT, NSW), Kiribati, Tonga, Maldives, Turks & Caicos Islands, Nigeria
• short term meetings/work in India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Lesotho, USA, Vietnam, Yemen, Tunis, South Africa, Ghana, Senegal, and many Pacific and Caribbean countries
• extensive other travel in Australia and Europe, as well as Asia, Africa and Americas