Experience

MFC Social • Environmental Performance Consulting Ltd.

• Canada
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Social Performance Specialist

  • Feb 2022 - Present



Rural Senses

• United Kingdom
• Market Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager & Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist

  • Sep 2020 - Present



Corporate Solutions Consulting Limited

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

• Senior Consultant

  • Oct 2013 - Mar 2021

  Senior Consultant and Business Development Manager at Corporate Solutions Consulting Ltd., which provides technical assistance in the energy, water, waste management, transport and financial sectors in emerging economies through projects funded by the World Bank, ADB, EBRD and EU, in the Balkans, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, South-east Asia and Africa. As Consultant, Thalia has worked on the following projects: - Project Coordinator (in-house): EBRD-financed project in Romania on "Introduction of a Performance Based Service Contract (PBSC) for NRW reduction in Constanta", supporting the Romanian water company RAJA S.A. in developing and tendering out a 5-year PBSC for NRW reduction in its network. - Deputy Team Leader: Phase I of EBRD-financed project in Egypt on "Environmental and Health and Safety (EHS) Capacity Building of the Egyptian National Railways (ENR)", assisting ENR in fulfilling the requirements of the EBRD Environmental & Social Action Plan (ESAP). - Team Leader: Phase II of EBRD-financed project in Egypt on "EHS Capacity Building of the Egyptian National Railways", Egypt, for implementing the Environment Management System in ENR maintenance depots. - Project Coordinator (in-house): EU-financed project in Turkey on "Development of a National Strategy for Accessible Transport", introducing a national strategy and action plans for improving the accessibility of rail, urban, maritime and aviation services for persons with reduced mobility. - Project Coordinator (in-hourse): World Bank financed project in Vietnam on "Improving the Accessibility of Infrastructure under the Vietnam Scaling Up Urban Upgrading Programme". - Social Expert: EBRD-financed project on Masterplanning the new International Terminal of Khujand Airport in Tajikistan. Thalia is also responsible for managing the Business Development activities of Corporate Solutions, for responding to tenders launched by IFIs including the World Bank, EuropeAid, ADB, EBRD and others. Show less



Euroconsult Mott MacDonald / BMB Mott MacDonald

• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Monitoring & Evaluation Consultant, International Development Division

  • Feb 2013 - Aug 2013

  Thalia was hired to revise the firm’s 2008 guidelines for Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) in project acquisition and implementation. She produced a review of M&E trends and reporting requirements for the key donors EU, World Bank, DFID and Dutch Government, and conducted an M&E capacities and gaps assessment of the firm. She then developed an extensive M&E manual to include guidelines on design of WB Results Frameworks, LogFrame Approach (as applied for EC & DFID projects), use of Outcome Mapping, Outcome Harvesting, Results-based Management, formative evaluations, summative evaluations, participatory M&E, and quantitative & qualitative data collection methods. Show less



Cambridge University

• Cambridge

• Research Assistant

  • Jul 2011 - Jan 2013

  Thalia was responsible for developing the ‘State of the World Report 2012: on Sustainable Infrastructure’ for the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC). This was the product of a global review on sustainability assessment tools in the infrastructure sector. 60 sustainability assessment tools were reviewed for the Water & Wastewater, Energy, Buildings & Transport sectors and the report included guidelines for determination of their quality. This presented a review of sustainability assessment tools employed in the infrastructure sector globally including: - Sustainability Decision-Support tools; - Rating & Certification tools; - Calculators; - Sustainability Guidelines. Thalia also co-authored the ‘Infrastructure Resilience in Disasters’ section for a Foresight publication on ‘Improving Future Disaster Anticipation and Resilience’. Show less



Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

• Research Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Postgraduate research within the Department of Agriculture and Technology

  • Oct 2010 - Mar 2011

  Research and development of a tool for evaluating the effectiveness and sustainability of Non Governmental Organisations operating in rural areas in South East Asia. Particular focus on organisations involved in critical service delivery (incl. energy, water & sanitation). Research and development of a tool for evaluating the effectiveness and sustainability of Non Governmental Organisations operating in rural areas in South East Asia. Particular focus on organisations involved in critical service delivery (incl. energy, water & sanitation).



E Co.

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Traineeship

  • Feb 2010 - Aug 2010

  Within Eco Ltd: - Preparation of scoping studies on renewable energy projects, policies or institutions in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and South Africa. Within the HEDON Household Energy Network: 1. Boiling Point Journal Publication: Management of the online and print publication of the journal including strategy formulation, standardisation of processes and the publication of the 58th Issue on 'Marketing' of household energy technologies in developing countries. 2. Assistance or co-authoring of several publications including: - 'Bioenergy Advance Market Commitments in Sri Lanka' - Policy Brief under PISCES (Policy Innovation Systems for Clean Energy Security under DFID) - 'Ethanol Cookstoves in Kenya' - Baseline Study under PISCES - 'Small-Scale Bioenergy Initiatives: Lessons from Case Studies in Asia, Latin America and Africa' for the COMPETE publication - 'Practitioner's Perspective: Financing', a section of the Poor Person's Energy Outlook publication Show less



Practical Action

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Internship

  • Oct 2009 - Dec 2009

  With Practical Action Consulting: Co-authoring of 2 working brief publications: - ‘Commercialisation of Improved Cookstoves in Sri Lanka’ - ‘Bioenergy in Sri Lanka' With the ‘Making Markets Work for the Poor’ team: Development of 'lessons from the field' type narratives under the topic of 'Bringing Local Innovations to Markets' to open dialogue on ideology of international development & the role of INGOs in promoting appropriate technologies. With ‘Knowledge and Communications’ Team: Carried out scoping study on potential of mobile phone technology in assisting NGOs in international development efforts through improvement of internal communication and monitoring & evaluation and hence impact. Proposal development under the theme of improving the effectiveness of Knowledge Platforms through platform collaboration, and information mapping. Show less



Engineers Without Borders UK

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Sep 2007 - Nov 2008