Experience

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  independent consultant

  • Goma, DRCongo

  • trainer/facilitator/coach

    • Aug 2016 - Present
    • Goma, DRCongo

    Consultancies and training assignments in the fields of training, management skills, leadership, teambuilding & coaching

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  MDF Afrique Centrale

  • Goma, DRCongo

  • director and senior trainer/consultant

    • Apr 2007 - Jul 2016
    • Goma, DRCongo

    Managing director and senior trainer/consultant with MDF AC in Goma, DR Congo. Strengthening the capacities of managers and their organisations in the Great Lakes region and other Central African countries. In French or English.

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  MDF Eastern and Southern Africa

  • Arusha, Tanzania

  • director and senior trainer/consultant

    • Jan 2003 - Feb 2007
    • Arusha, Tanzania

    Was the first director of the MDF regional office for eastern and southern Africa (MDF ESA). Built the capacity of professionals and organisations in many countries in the eastern and southern parts of the African continent.

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  ASRAMES

  • Goma, DRCongo

  • director and trainer/consultant

    • Oct 1999 - Mar 2003
    • Goma, DRCongo

    Was Executive Director of ASRAMES from 1999-2003 and from 1993-1995. ASRAMES (Association Régionale d’Approvisionnement en Médicaments Essentiels) is a Congolese NGO that supplies quality essential drugs at affordable prices to health structures in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Establishe...

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  MDF Training & Consultancy

  • Ede, the Netherlands

  • trainer/consultant

    • Jan 1997 - Oct 1999
    • Ede, the Netherlands

    Organised and carried out training and consultancy assignments in the Netherlands, Africa and Asia. My specialty areas were: training of trainers, NGO project- and programme management, organisational development, and disaster preparedness,.

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  MSF Holland

  • Goma, DRCongo

  • project coordinator

    • May 1992 - May 1995
    • Goma, DRCongo

    With Médecins Sans Frontières - Holland, I set up a drug supply system and delivered essential drugs to health centres in the health zones in the province of North Kivu. The delivery was accompanied by training to health professionals and local health committees. This project, PAMEKI, later devel...

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  American School of Niamey Niger

  • Niamey, Niger

  • teacher of Language Arts and English as a Second Language

    • 1987 - 1990
    • Niamey, Niger

    The American School of Niamey is an international school with an American curriculum.

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  Maartenscollege Haren

  • teacher of English

    • Aug 1985 - Jul 1986

    I taught English language and literature to Dutch students aged 12-19.

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  Ubbo Emmius Lyceum

  • Stadskanaal

  • teacher of English

    • Aug 1977 - Jul 1984
    • Stadskanaal

    I taught English language and literature to Dutch students aged 12-19