Experience

Development Pathways Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Social Protection and Value for Money Specialist

  • Sep 2016 - Present



Department for International Development

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Economic Advisor, Social Protection Team

  • May 2010 - Jun 2016

  Led on economic aspects of social protection system design and implementation including VfM, economic development, sustainable funding, links to tax system.Support to system design and implementation in Tanzania (2011, 2014), Nepal (2012, 2015), Nigeria (2013) and Bangladesh (2013).On the ground monitoring of VfM for annual reviews for social protection programme in Ghana (2014) and social protection system in Bangladesh (2015).Co-wrote guidance on VfM and evaluation of social protection programmes;Co-led international collaboration on support to social protection system capacity strengthening;Led DFID social protection community of practice and facilitated DFID adviser training on social protection.

• Economic Adviser, DFID Uganda

  • May 2009 - May 2010

  Manager of UK general budget support to the Government of Uganda

• Economic Adviser, DFID Nepal

  • Jul 2006 - May 2009

  Head of inclusive growth team.Led on developing and implementing inclusive growth strategy for DFID Nepal.Led on public financial management and UK debt relief.

• Economic Adviser, Reaching the Very Poorest Team

  • Sep 2003 - Jul 2006

  Led on economic aspects of social protection advocacy and strategy including affordability of social protection, the role of social protection in inclusive growth and addressing fiduciary risk.



Department of Work and Pensions

• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Economic Adviser

  • Mar 1996 - Sep 2003

  Economic advice on and evaluation of disability benefits.Economic advice on exclusion in UK labour markets by disability, ethnicity, age, geographical location and gender. Economic advice on and evaluation of disability benefits.Economic advice on exclusion in UK labour markets by disability, ethnicity, age, geographical location and gender.



UK Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

• Senior Economic Assistant/Economic Assistant

  • Jun 1988 - Mar 1996

  Economic advice on commodity markets and survey design. Economic advice on commodity markets and survey design.