Experience

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  ALU School of Wildlife Conservation

  • Advisory Board Member

    • Jun 2022 - Present

    ALU School of Wildlife Conservation is an innovative institution with the aim of changing the way we teach and practice conservation on the continent. My role as advisory board member involves participation in the current strategic planning process for the School.

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  Wildlife Producers Association of Zambia

  • Lusaka, Zambia

  • Executive Director

    • Jun 2022 - Present
    • Lusaka, Zambia

    Programmatic and strategic lead at WPAZ. Responsible for managing WPAZ’s first full time Secretariat, lobbying for an enabling policy environment. Working on innovative partnerships to deliver value that will help unlock Zambia’s wildlife economy through research and private sector collaboration.

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  Wildlife Producers’ Association of Zambia

  • Lusaka, Zambia

  • Operations Manager

    • Jun 2020 - May 2022
    • Lusaka, Zambia

    Wildlife Producers Association of Zambia is a membership based association that exists to foster the growth of the private and community wildlife estate in Zambia. I am responsible for operationalizing WPAZ’s first full time Secretariat. Work involves lobby and advocacy, project management, industry research, stakeholder engagement, operations, administration and fundraising.

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  WWF Zambia

  • Zambia
  • Non-profit Organizations
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Manager - Water Stewardship

    • Jan 2019 - May 2020

    Leading WWF Zambia's corporate water stewardship portfolio.

  • Interim Manager - Wetlands and Water Stewardship Manager

    • Jul 2018 - Jan 2019

    Responsible for spearheading the innovative water stewardship portfolio focused on Private Sector involvement in sustainable water resources management.

  • Project Officer - Freshwater Programme

    • Jun 2016 - Jun 2018

    Responsible for carrying out program activities related to implementing WWF's freshwater programme. in the Zambezi River Basin. Focus of job includes; making operational abasin report card for ecosystem goods and services in the river basin in an effort to advocate for environmental flows, spearheading community based freshwater fisheries management and compliance in one of Zambia's major wild fisheries - Kafue Flats.Main outputs: Kafue Flats Status Report: Monitoring the blue heart of Zambia's economy.Kafue River Basin Health Report Card

  • Young Expert Programmes - Freshwater

    • Jun 2014 - May 2016

    Working on creating the monitoring framework for the Environmental Flows program along the Zambezi River Basin. The set up will involve dialogue with the interested and affected stakeholders to ascertain tangible ecological, economic, and social economic indicators to be monitored. Focus areas will be Kafue Flats and Zambezi Delta in Mozambique.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Netherlands Water Partnership have initiated the Young Expert Programme Water (YEP Water) and the Young Expert Programme Agrofood (YEP Agrofood) -in partnership with the Food & Business Knowledge Platform- with the objective of providing assurances for the continued availability of international professionalism and expertise in the water and agri & business sector. Both programmes are carried out in YEP Programmes (www.yepprogrammes.com).

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  GeoQuest

  • Lusaka Zambia

  • Environmental Scientist

    • Oct 2013 - May 2014
    • Lusaka Zambia

    In charge of compiling and completing EIA reports for the Competent Authority according to IFC (International Standards). Environmental Auditing and reporting, Compliance Monitoring and Rehabilitation during the Mineral Exploration phase of projects.

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  CITIMOP Limited

  • Management Trainee

    • Oct 2011 - Sep 2013

    Work out feasibility studies for potential recycling projects. Carry out waste stream audits and look into all new business development.

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  UKZN

  • Postgraduate Student

    • Jul 2010 - Jun 2011

    Thesis: An investigation into the policy and practice of industrial solid waste management in Lusaka, Zambia.