Director of Program and Operations

• Jan 2022 - Present

Project Manager

• May 2020 - Dec 2021

Manager, Global Projects

• May 2019 - May 2020

• Leading overall project development processes and Global Projects Team in the establishment of integrated solar power generation, internet connectivity and IOT remote energy monitoring and control solutions for remote rural areas (Guatemala, Senegal, Uganda… and neighboring regions) • Conducted detailed business case and cost-benefit analysis with supporting financial modelling for customers considering converting from traditional grid-generator to hybrid solar power systems and delivered presentations to customers; • Developed and strengthened various partnership models with funders, implementing partners, clients, users, suppliers, and sponsors. • Developed concept notes, proposals (USTDA, USAID DIV, AFD…), financial models, and various product and service description materials for diverse audiences in the non-profit and for-profit world. • Applications include: digital education center for women and girls, productivity hubs for agricultural cooperatives, commodity refrigerated storage and trading centers. Show less

Consultant Climate Change and Sustainability

• Jan 2019 - May 2019

World Bank sponsored BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes (ISFL) • Development of a private sector strategy for the ISFL program of behalf of the WB/IFC in Zambia; • Desk research to inform the strategy and identify high economic opportunity / high emissions reduction impact interventions and value chains, as focal points for the strategy. World Bank sponsored BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes (ISFL) • Development of a private sector strategy for the ISFL program of behalf of the WB/IFC in Zambia; • Desk research to inform the strategy and identify high economic opportunity / high emissions reduction impact interventions and value chains, as focal points for the strategy.

Short Term Consultant and President - Technical Evaluation Panel

• Nov 2018 - Jan 2019

National Committee for the implementation of the Compact Program of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (CNPC-MCC). • Selection of the Environmental and Social Oversight Component (ESOC) for the Abidjan Transport Project (ATP) National Committee for the implementation of the Compact Program of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (CNPC-MCC). • Selection of the Environmental and Social Oversight Component (ESOC) for the Abidjan Transport Project (ATP)

Team Leader, ADB/CIF Mainstreaming Climate Resilience in Development Planning

• Aug 2015 - Aug 2018

• Managed a US$2.2m grants program Mainstreaming Climate Resilience into Development Planning (MCRDP) to strengthen civil society organisations and social entrepreneurs to undertake community-based climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction • Benefited over 56,000 individual and 17,000 households, 26 schools, 45 local government planning and investment processes, 560 farms, 6.6km of irrigation canals, provided better water supply to 1100 households, planted over 5000 mangroves, rehabilitated 53 houses and built 500m of drainage canals in vulnerable urban slums • Close government collaboration with 6 central Ministries and corresponding local government line agencies (esp: Environment, Agriculture, Infrastructure, Water Resources & Meteorology, Rural Development) • Managed 13 staff, consultants, national and international youth volunteers • Awarded, administered, and monitored USD1.4 million in grants to 20 competitively selected local NGO partners in 17 provinces, delivered a comprehensive NGO technical & operational capacity building program • Investments covered various sectors: agriculture, natural resources management, energy, livelihoods, infrastructure, urban development, education, water supply & sanitation…; and targeted vulnerable groups (women, youth, ethnic minorities, farmers, fishermen, urban slum residents) • 100% of projects were gender sensitive • Knowledge management: coordinated the design and publication of 10 printed material and multimedia knowledge products on Climate Smart Agriculture, Gender and Climate, Urban Resilience, Water Supply, Coastal Resilience, Civil Society and Climate Change… • Co-organised 2 major conferences on Climate Change: with national and international multi-stakeholders, sitting on multiple discussion panels • Supported and aligned with national policy dialogue, advocacy, and local government planning and decentralisation processes, piloting community-private sector partnerships. Show less

Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Specialist

• Nov 2015 - May 2016

ADB-funded feasibility /project design study for Climate Friendly Agribusiness Value Chains Sector Project • As consulting team member, conducted the feasibility study and design of a USD90 million loan and grant project to improve the climate resilience and climate friendliness of 4 key export crop value chains. • Examined climate change related constraints and opportunities in the rural infrastructure and rural credit sectors, exploring renewable energy solutions for irrigation and post harvest transformation • Result: Positioned the project to be granted the 1st ever Green Climate Fund (GCF) funding approval for Cambodia through the Asian Development Bank. Show less

Consultant - Construction Project Management

• Nov 2013 - May 2014

• Prepared construction project management guidelines covering operations, program, and technical aspects; integrating it into pre-existing organizational policies and modalities. • Developed training material and delivered training to operations and program personnel.

Consultant - Environment and Social Safeguards

• Oct 2013 - Nov 2013

• Supported project design and project proposal development and led the preparation of safeguard documentation, in compliance with WB Safeguard Policies on Environmental Management and Indigenous People, leading to successful award of USD3 m in funding.

Project Coordinator, Project Management Unit

• Mar 2010 - Apr 2012

• Managed a USD$3 million project to promote community-based / labor-based rural road construction, rehabilitation and maintenance, competitively contracting one international NGO sub-contractor, supervising 5 permanent staff under the PMU, and various international consultants and auditors • Directed project interventions using appropriate technology, improving climate resilience of roads, empowering communities especially women, and accelerating the roads’ positive externalities • Pioneered progressive approaches to institutional arrangements and public-private partnerships, with a priority given to community empowerment and ownership in direct partnership with local government, and in support of decentralization efforts in Timor Leste • Actively coordinated with rural roads sector partners including Government and development partners (ILO, DFAT, World Bank…), to improve harmonisation, complementarities, and exchanges of lessons learned across donor-led and government-led undertakings • Coordinated impact evaluation and project closure (11/2014 - 02/2015). Show less

Project Manager

• May 2008 - Jul 2009

ADB-funded Road Sector Improvement Project, Community Empowerment Component • Managed a US$610,000 grant to promote community based / labor intensive rural road construction, rehabilitation and maintenance, supervising 7 project staff and various international / national consultants; • Results: Exceeded road rehabilitation targets by 26% and tripled targeted number of direct beneficiaries; • Developed and implemented output-based community road maintenance contracts and systems between communities, local government and the Ministry of Infrastructure through a widely consultative process; • Designed and implemented complementary project interventions to strengthen the impact of project’s core infrastructure investment on the socio-economic status of communities including vulnerable groups and women (60% of workers) in access to health services, market infrastructure, sanitation, transport, saving and lending, and capacity building for income generating and production activities; • Showcased the project as a model at an Asia Pacific Regional Meeting on Mainstreaming Gender Equality in Infrastructure Projects held in ADB Headquarters, Manila, November 2008. Show less

Infrastructure Development Specialist, South East Asia Infrastructure Department

• May 2006 - Mar 2008

• As Team Leader, let the design and secured funding approval for a Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR) grant project in VIETNAM (USD 2 million): Thanh Hoa Province Small Scale Infrastructure Investment and Services in Urban and Peri-Urban Areas, using community driven development approaches for asset development and operations and supporting decentralized government planning, funding and execution mechanisms. • Team member overseeing 9 Technical Assistance projects in VIETNAM (two metro rail systems, three urban water supply projects, expressway, comprehensive urban development, power generation, rural infrastructure) most of which involving public private partnerships and/or concession mechanisms. • Responsibilities: research and design of whole or specific project components to maximize socioeconomic benefits and poverty alleviation; nurturing collaborative relationship and steering project development among counterpart government, public or semi-public utilities, community, NGOs, private sector, bilateral and multilateral donors; and in compliance with environmental and social safeguards. Show less

Rural Development Specialist South Asia Agriculture and Environment Department

• 2005 - 2006

• Team member overseeing 2 technical assistance, and 4 loan projects in irrigation, community development, rural economic advancement, aquatic resource, and integrated rural development projects in PAKISTAN, INDIA, SRI-LANKA; and VIETNAM. • Responsibilities: similar to ADB Infrastructure Specialist role above • Membership: ADB Community Driven Development Working Group and Water Working Group. • Team member overseeing 2 technical assistance, and 4 loan projects in irrigation, community development, rural economic advancement, aquatic resource, and integrated rural development projects in PAKISTAN, INDIA, SRI-LANKA; and VIETNAM. • Responsibilities: similar to ADB Infrastructure Specialist role above • Membership: ADB Community Driven Development Working Group and Water Working Group.

Consultant economic development and livelihoods

• 2003 - 2005

• Conducted a feasibility study for innovative meat export opportunities resulting in enhancing the economic competitiveness of at least 5 Mongolian meat processing companies (CHEMONICS INTERNATIONAL, USAID Economic Policy Reform and Competitiveness Project), • Analysis of business needs in remote towns for an economic and agricultural development project (MERCY CORPS, USAID Gobi Initiative Project); • Designed and prepared project document for a 3 year USD$ 1.5 million Small and Micro Enterprise Development Project (UNDP); • Designed the Alternative Livelihoods Strengthening component of a Sustainable Grassland Management Project within the Ministry of Agriculture, to diversify income and reduce climate vulnerability of herder communities. Extensive field research, strategy, guidelines, implementation planning, staff coaching (UNDP and GEF); • Keynote speaker for a Roundtable Discussion on Alternative Livelihoods Development for Herders (Oct. 2004) between private sector, herders, government officials, experts, donors (UNDP) • Coordinated a 2 day National Conference on Pastureland Legislation: Opportunities and Challenges (Dec. 14-15th 2004, 140 participants from various stakeholders groups) in Ulaan Baatar, to discuss policy issues and action plans to improve the pastureland legislation and its implementation in Mongolia, (UNDP) • Assessed feasibility and designed a business group support component for business services in poor areas of the 3 largest urban centers in Mongolia. Delivered training workshops and on-the-job training to staff (COMMUNITY HABITAT FINANCE INTERNATIONAL, USAID Ger Initiative Project). Show less

Economic Development Coordinator

• Nov 2001 - Aug 2003

• Headed the IRC Economic Development Unit composed of 4 teams and 22 permanent staff with cross-disciplinary skills (civil engineering, processing technologies, business and financial training and advisory, community mobilization and cooperative development); • Co-designed and managed a 2 year USDA funded Sustainable Economic Enterprise Development (SEED) project ($700,000) to develop small agricultural cooperative processing and manufacturing enterprises. • Enterprises created on a full cost recovery basis through community mobilization and participation, feasibility studies and business plan development, finance structuring and establishment of formal enterprises, construction and commissioning of micro-processing plants, strengthening of technical and business operations, upstream commodity supply of and downstream marketing and distribution. • Results: Commissioned: 2 dairy plants, 2 fruit and vegetable processing plants, 1 animal feed mill, each directly benefiting 20+ cooperative members and farmer/suppliers. • Contributed to 4 project proposals on agricultural business for World Bank, BP, USAID, USDA. Show less

Senior Associate Development

• Jun 2000 - Jul 2001

• Financial modeler in a 5-member cross-disciplinary team developing an 800MW gas-fired combined cycle power plant in the Netherlands (€520 million investment). • Conducted financial analysis as key back-up to project financing and commercial contract negotiations (Engineering Procurement & Construction-EPC, and Power Purchase Agreement -PPA). • Financial modeler in a 5-member cross-disciplinary team developing an 800MW gas-fired combined cycle power plant in the Netherlands (€520 million investment). • Conducted financial analysis as key back-up to project financing and commercial contract negotiations (Engineering Procurement & Construction-EPC, and Power Purchase Agreement -PPA).