Experience

Humanitarian Logistics Association

• United Kingdom
• Professional Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Operations Consultant

  • Nov 2016 - Present

  Provide consultancy and evaluation services to support local and international aid organisations, United Nations, private sector and national Governments to improve the delivery of humanitarian assistance.

• Chief Executive

  • Jan 2008 - Present

  Steer charity’s operations, strategy and policy to advance: training and education; building a humanitarian logistics community of practice; professional development; events and communications; research and knowledge management. Key priorities: increased benefit to membership (for effective humanitarian logistics support); fund raising; improving benefits to local humanitarian groups world-wide; risk management.



World Vision International

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director, Innovation & Partnerships

  • Oct 2015 - Nov 2016

  Led interdisciplinary team of technology innovators and cash programming specialists to build, operate and transfer last mile mobile data solutions and payment systems management capabilities. Coordinated other humanitarian innovations and private sector partnerships to increase resources and improved ways of working for disaster management.

• Director, Humanitarian Operations Services

  • Aug 2012 - Sep 2015

  Directed team supporting emergency logistics, information systems, and preparedness and response operations. Global capacity geared to respond to up to four simultaneous emergencies per year. Managed standby partners, contracts, risk and key relationships such as with UN Clusters. Executed financial planning, budgeting and control. Facilitated the development of humanitarian cash programming innovations and capabilities.

• Supply Chain Director, Humanitarian Operations

  • Jul 2007 - Jul 2012

  High-level supply-chain coordination, deployments and strategic support for emergency preparedness, relief supplies pre-positioning and emergency operations. Responsibility for Global Pre-Positioning of relief items. Led development of supply chain systems, policy and strategy.

• Logistics Manager, Global Rapid Response Team

  • Feb 2002 - Dec 2004

  Emergency deployments and strategic advisor for both global emergency operations and on-going supply chain programme development. Established concept and implemented pilot capabilities for the WV Global Supply Chain Management model. Emergency deployments and strategic advisor for both global emergency operations and on-going supply chain programme development. Established concept and implemented pilot capabilities for the WV Global Supply Chain Management model.