Experience

Guardian Ballers UK

• United Kingdom
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Strategic Advisor

  • May 2022 - Present

  Providing business advice to a community interest company which is working to promote emotional and mental wellbeing for young people through basketball. Providing business advice to a community interest company which is working to promote emotional and mental wellbeing for young people through basketball.



Global Partnership for Education

• United States
• Education Management
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Independent Technical Advisory Panel Member

  • May 2021 - Present

  Assessing GPE partner countries' status for education system transformation looking particularly at data and evidence and the volume, equity and efficiency of public finances. The assessment feeds into country dialogue on system transformation priorities and informs the development of a partnership compact for the country around a priority reform to catalyse transformation. It also informs GPE Board decision-making on multi-million dollar grant financing of the reform prioritised in the compact.Countries reviewed to date: Burkina Faso (Acting Panel Chair), Democratic Republic of the Congo, El Salvador, Kenya, Nepal, Niger (Acting Panel Chair), Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tajikistan, Tanzania and Uganda.



Holistic Global Consultancy

• International Consultant

  • Dec 2020 - Present

  Undertaking strategy, impact, research, people and business consultancy for different organisations globally. Assignments have included:• Creating pricing model for a UK-based social enterprise• Developing strategic impact framework for a £70m charity working in UK and internationally• Reviewing corporate functions of a £19m UK research and evaluation organisation to provide a future state model and roadmap as it transitions to a global organisation • Developing partnerships and advocacy/research uptake strategy for new UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report Africa Spotlight Series on foundational literacy and numeracy• Outlining trends and reviewing policy frameworks on system reform in the education, health and youth sectors to provide business growth recommendations for a US not-for-profit organisation• Assessing countries' status for education system transformation as member of Independent Technical Advisory Panel for the Global Partnership for Education• Evaluating impact of £33m Norwegian aid portfolio (2017-21) supporting education, skills and employability via eight civil society organisations in the Sahel (Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger)• Drafting briefing note on cost effectiveness considerations when scaling teacher professional development (TPD) interventions for TPD@Scale Coalition• Researching extent of learning losses in education systems and mental health impact on young people due to Covid-19 school closures and evidence-based mitigation responses• Strategic framing and review of solution design for two American companies bidding for multi-million dollar USAID and FCDO contracts



UKFIET - The Education and Development Forum

• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chair of the Board Of Trustees

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  The Education and Development Forum (UKFIET) provides a pro-active forum for universities, policy-makers, non-governmental organisations, consultancy groups and professional associations working for education and development internationally to share ideas, knowledge and expertise.

• Trustee

  • Sep 2017 - Present



Education Development Trust

• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Global Programme Quality

  • Dec 2019 - Aug 2020

  Organisational senior manager responsible for leading the development of corporate approach to quality assurance and working with cross-functional teams to ensure a coherent approach to quality across multi-million pound international education, skills development and employability programmes for children, adolescents and youth.

• Head of Education Reform

  • May 2016 - Dec 2019

  Organisational senior manager in newly created Research and Consultancy Group responsible for using R&D approach to develop core methods on education system reform used in design and delivery of multi-million pound reform programmes.



CfBT Education Trust

• Head of International Development and Education

  • Apr 2012 - Apr 2016

  Part of CfBT/Education Development Trust’s senior management team and international leadership team, I led and grew the organisation's consultancy and research work in low- and middle-income countries from £1m to £3.5m, managing a team of around 65 staff and associates. This included leadership of and client relationship management for rapid response consultancy contracts for the UK's Department for International Development (DFID), the European Commission, the Norwegian aid agency (Norad), UNICEF and the Australian aid agency.

• Principal International Consultant

  • Oct 2009 - Mar 2012

  I created the Strategy, Policy and Finance Unit and led a team of education advisors and project managers who provided consultancy, training and policy advice to governments, donors and NGOs.

• Senior International Consultant

  • Sep 2007 - Sep 2009

  I strengthened the scarce evidence base on education and fragility and made significant contributions to global policy in this area. This included managing CfBT Education Trust’s £250,000 two-year joint multi-country research partnership with IIEP-UNESCO on “Education in Conflict, Emergencies, Reconstruction and Fragile States”. I also co-authored the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) guidance notes on teacher compensation in fragile states, situations of displacement and post-crisis recovery.

• Education Finance Specialist

  • May 2004 - Aug 2007

  I worked with ministries of education in Ghana, Guyana, Rwanda and Somaliland supporting the development of costed regional and national education plans and robust public expenditure management systems for education. I worked with several international NGOs on independent research and training modules on education and economic development issues.

• Finance and Budget Advisor

  • Oct 2002 - Apr 2004

  I developed policy options, costed strategies, a financial framework, and realistic annual performance indicators for the Education Sector Strategic Plan (ESSP). I also advised the Ministry senior management team on policy priorities and strategic budget ceilings for the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF).



Overseas Development Institute

• United Kingdom
• Research Services

• Economist/ODI Fellow

  • Sep 2000 - Sep 2002

  I was an Economist in the Ministry of Education's Planning Directorate in Rwanda, supporting the national budget, data analysis and the strategic planning process. I was an Economist in the Ministry of Education's Planning Directorate in Rwanda, supporting the national budget, data analysis and the strategic planning process.