IMC WORLDWIDE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Civil Engineer
- Principal Consultant, Highways & Transportation
Abdullah is a civil engineer with over 18 years' experience in the consultancy sector for infrastructure development.
His roles in various projects and organisations include: project planning, coordination of design teams, asset management system and maintenance management systems, capacity building, procurement, project and contracts management (including International Federation of Consulting Engineers-based contracts), project and budget controls, construction supervision and management.
He also has working experience in complete cycle projects, in both the roads and buildings sectors, including six years' work on the Fael Khair Schools-cum-Cyclone Shelters Construction Project in Bangladesh.
Most of the projects Abdullah has worked on have been funded through international development partners (DFID, ADB, WB, JICA, CRC, CIDA and IDB). He is also familiar with international standards and requirements of development aid work.
Abdullah has been employed by IMC in a variety of roles since 2004, and from January 2009 he is a permanent staff member of IMC. He has worked on a number of projects across Bangladesh, Indonesia, Nepal and Ethiopia. Since 2009, he has also been providing support to the IMC's business development on the preparation of proposals and contract negotiations.
Over 18 years of professional experience in infrastructure development, focusing on project planning and management, procurement, contracts management, capacity building, project and budget controls, construction supervision and business development.
Adele joined IMC midway through 2015 creating a new Human Resource function.
Prior to joining IMC, Adele had worked across all sectors: working as HR Manager within a charity, HR Manager at a college and also working as a Regional Business Partner within a large retail chain and within distribution centres.
Adele's wealth of expertise includes areas such as strategic policy and direction, change and improvements, policies and procedures, Learning and Development, Employee Relations, Performance management, Employee Benefits and Health and Wellbeing.
Over 30 years HR experience gained across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors.
Job Titles:
- Managing Associate, IMC USA / Managing Associate With 8 Years of International Development Experience, With Expertise in Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning, Social Development and Gender
Bringing over eight years of international development experience, Alexandra has worked in the preparation of proposals for both formative and summative evaluations across a range of thematic areas and a wide spectrum of clients, including many UN agencies and international NGOs.
In doing so, she identifies opportunities with the UN, international NGOs, governments and other donors, engages consultants and strategic partners, and develops proposals, including the methods and tools for evaluations.
Additionally, Alexandra regularly contributes her expertise as a team member in primary data collection activities in our evaluations, with a specific focus on the area of gender and social inclusion and has undertaken several field missions for evaluations for UNFPA, UN Women, the World Bank (CGAP), and Plan International.
Illustratively, Alexandra undertook a field mission to Turkey for the Evaluation of UNFPA's response to the Syrian Crisis, as well as to Nigeria for the baseline evaluation of UNFPA's Real Time Accountability Partnership, which addresses programming related to the prevention of and response to gender-based violence.
Prior to joining ISG and then IMC, Alexandra worked for Women Thrive Worldwide, a Washington D.C.-based women and girls' rights organisation.
Moreover, she lived in Denmark where she also worked with DANIDA-funded projects in sub-Saharan Africa, assisting with programme management and monitoring and evaluation of small-scale farming programming with a gender component.
Qualifications
MA in Public Administration
Courses: Managing Gender-Based Violence Programs in Emergencies, offered by UNFPA, and M&E of women's human rights and gender equality, from HREA
Managing Associate with 8+ years of international development experience, with expertise in Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning, Social Development and Gender.
Job Titles:
- Country Representative - Liberia
Job Titles:
- Associate Director, Water & Sanitation
Andre Steele heads up IMC's growing water sector. He is a Chartered Civil Engineer with the UK Institute of Civil Engineers and has core engineering skills in design, including in geotechnics, structures and drainage. His interests lie more in the water sector though, with extensive experience in building climate resilience into infrastructure, management of surface and ground water resources and in water supply, waste and wastewater and sanitation. He has a diverse background, with a PhD in post-emergency water supply systems.
Andre is currently the technical lead on the IMC Technical Assistance project to an NGO supporting water utilities in northern Syria.
He is also part of a team supporting the Ministry of Water in Tanzania looking at the life cycle cost of rural water supply as part of the Water and Sanitation Development Programme. Andre is also an Technical Co-ordinator for Infrastructure on the DFID CEIL-PEAKS Framework.
Prior to joining IMC, Andre spent 7 years working in disaster relief, responding to many of the major events over the last 10 years, including the Haitian Earthquake in 2010 and Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar in 2008. As a RedR member, he continues to be active in humanitarian sector.
Ten years of experience in engineering, international development and humanitarian response, with focus on the water sector including water supply, sanitation and water resource management.
Job Titles:
- Deputy Regional Manager, Frameworks
Arielle is a politically aware and experienced professional with dynamic leadership skills gained from managing projects in Ethiopia, Cuba, India, Nepal, Kenya, the USA, and the UAE.
She works as part of the frameworks team at IMC Worldwide where she manages the implementation of the DFID funded Access to Justice Program Impact Evaluation in South Sudan, as well as a GOAL-funded water and sanitation framework in Syria. As part of the frameworks team, Arielle also actively seeks new business opportunities for IMC and liaises with various donors, partners and consultants from around the world.
Prior to joining IMC, Arielle worked for WaterAid where she assisted in the development of a strategy to attracting more funding. From quality assuring project development and reports, to developing marketing materials to increase visibility and support, Arielle has a keen understanding of the water and sanitation sector and fundraising.
Her work at the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum led her to manage relationships with multinational organisations as well as governmental agencies around the world, particularly Finance Ministries, Central Banks, Pension Funds and Sovereign Wealth Funds.
Arielle speaks English, French and Spanish.
A forward-thinking individual dedicated to the ideals of international development with five years of experience both in relationship building and project management, backed by a solid formation in international relations.
Job Titles:
- Communications Specialist
Ben Walker is a communications specialist with a focus on knowledge management, community and grassroots media, digital production, graphic design, and education.
Currently, Ben provides knowledge management, communication and research support to three DFID-funded programmes. For the innovation prize programme, Ideas to Impact, Ben is monitoring online engagement for research uptake of the programme; for the Evaluation of the Female Genital Cutting Programme (Sudan) Ben has developed visualisations / infographics for the inception phase stakeholder mapping process and for the South-South knowledge exchange programme Connect to Grow, Ben designed a series of learning-related infographics.
Prior to joining IMC, Ben has provided communications and design support to projects such as the DFID-funded STAR-Ghana, GEMS4 and PSP. He has also worked as a digital producer and communications professional in several contexts, as video editor for a national news programme in Samoa, as photojournalist in Palestine and podcast production in the UK.
"I believe passionately in the power of media and communication to achieve social change and to empower local communities to tell their own stories."
Qualifications
Bachelor of Journalism
Graduate Certificate - Creative Industries ( Interactive and Graphic Design)
Job Titles:
- Business Development Manager, IMCW Europe
Bernardo holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from CEU University in Madrid (Spain) and Master in Finance (ESADE Business School in Madrid).
He has a broad experience in Public Private Partnerships as he has worked for more than 8 years in an Industrial Group.
During that time, he worked on a wide range of projects, as Urban Transport Companies, Airports, Car Parks, Real Estate, Wellness Centers, Retirement Homes, Hospitals, Marinas, etc.
Bernardo has experience in the International Finance Markets, as he worked for several years in Financial Institutions in London. Additionally, he worked as a consultant in projects for Telecom Companies and advising to the National Administration in various sectors.
Besides, Bernardo has an important experience working with public administrations, while developing PPP programs supervised by local, regional or national governmental agencies.
Bernardo is fluent in English, French and Portuguese, and Spanish is his mother tongue.
Job Titles:
- Programme Manager, IMC USA
Brian is a development professional with 20 years of experience managing and providing technical assistance to a substantial range of multidisciplinary humanitarian and development programming.
In addition to his experience as a programme/project manager with a wide range of organisations, Brian is skilled in the development and use of analytical frameworks and quantitative and qualitative research methodologies for evidence-based research at programmatic and international levels.
Brian has extensive field-based experience in designing and implementing a range of data collection, analysis and presentation tools. He brings a participatory approach to the development, implementation, and evaluation of development and humanitarian frameworks, strategies, and responses at local, national and global levels.
As Programme Manager at IMC USA, he is responsible for the management of, and participation in, teams conducting assignments in a range of disciplines. He leads the development of assignment methodologies, tools, analytical frameworks, workplans and development of analyses and reports for clients from donors agencies, UN agencies, IFIs and INGOs.
Brian's geographical experience includes Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and South and Southeast Asia.
Qualifications
MSc in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
MSc in Food Economics & Development Studies
BSc in Food Science and Technology from University College (Cork, Ireland)
A long-term international development professional with more than 20 years of global experience as a manager, technical expert and consultant, specialising in community development, public health and monitoring & evaluation.
Brian is a development professional with 20 years of experience managing and providing technical assistance to a substantial range of multidisciplinary humanitarian and development programming.
In addition to his experience as a programme/project manager with a wide range of organisations, Brian is skilled in the development and use of analytical frameworks and quantitative and qualitative research methodologies for evidence-based research at programmatic and international levels.
Brian has extensive field-based experience in designing and implementing a range of data collection, analysis and presentation tools. He brings a participatory approach to the development, implementation, and evaluation of development and humanitarian frameworks, strategies, and responses at local, national and global levels.
Job Titles:
- Director, Global Programmes
- Team Leader of the £11m DFID
Programme manager with 20 years' experience managing large scale development projects targeting benefits to the poorest and most marginalised communities across Asia, Africa and Latin America, specialising in inclusive and grassroots innovation.
Bryony Everett has nearly 20 years' experience managing and providing expertise to a wide range of donor funded project across the innovation, livelihoods, environment and agriculture sectors. She has an in-depth understanding of the interaction between impoverished communities, the state, and the private sector.
Bryony's most recent work focuses on how to enable and support innovation for the benefit of poor and marginalised communities, with a particular focus on understanding the innovation ecosystem around markets for the poor. This ecosystem assessment is critical in understanding how innovation gets to scale and how the application of incentives might help drive innovation.
Bryony is currently Team Leader of the £11m DFID-funded Impact to Ideas programme (2014-2019), which aims to stimulate innovation for low income consumers in the areas of Energy Access, WASH and Climate Change Adaptation, focussing particularly on achieving impact at scale.
Job Titles:
- Principal Consultant
- Principal Consultant, Water & Sanitation
Chris is a Principal Consultant within the water and sanitation sector of IMC's Engineering team, with a focus on programme management and institutional strengthening.
His past experience includes time spent as a consulting civil engineer and as a Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)/shelter coordinator, predominantly in post-conflict humanitarian settings.
A chartered engineer with ten years' experience in civil engineering, international development and humanitarian response, including water, sanitation, shelter, flood management and hygiene promotion.
Job Titles:
- Senior Consultant, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
Damien has over seven years' experience in international development, designing and delivering complex and large scale programmes as well as conducting Research and Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL).
He has managed and conducted performance, process, theory-based and thematic evaluations of development and humanitarian programmes in the Caribbean, South/Central Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Working with multiple institutional donors (CIDA, BEIS, DEFRA, DFID, EBRD, FCO, ECHO, IDB, MCC, SIDA and USAID/OFDA), he appraised, designed and strengthened theories of change, logical frameworks, M&E plans, and results frameworks as well as building capacity on MEL related issues.
Over seven years' experience in international development conducting evaluations and building Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning systems, with a focus on disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, resilience building, livelihoods, sustainability, stabilisation and peacebuilding.
Dan holds an impressive record of successfully implementing recruitment strategies in line with business goals and objectives.
With an extensive knowledge of international donor guidelines, combined with a deep understanding of the skills and experience required in a wide range of development sectors, Dan is responsible for expanding our network of consultants as well as identifying and recruiting experts for long and short-term assignments across all our technical areas.
International development professional with over 10 years' experience specialising in the management of global recruitment drives for major donor-funded programmes.
Job Titles:
- Senior Consultant, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning
Elena has recently joined the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Team at IMC as a Senior Consultant, bringing six years of professional experience in the social and economic development sectors, having worked for private and public sector organisations.
She has extensive experience in project planning, management and monitoring and evaluation in areas ranging from social protection, private sector development, microfinance, gender, equity and health.
Prior to joining IMC, Elena worked as a Project Manager for Maxwell Stamp, where she was responsible for the management of large scale public sector projects in emerging markets, working for clients such as the Department for International Development and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Previously, Elena led research, analysis and reporting for several evaluations and high-profile public consultations in the health, sustainability and infrastructure sectors in the UK for Public Management Group, London.
Elena has contributed to various evaluations and provided technical analysis for Aid for Trade programmes in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Her country experience covers Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Haiti, Spain, Uganda, and the UK.
Qualifications
MSc in International Development, Univeristy College London
MSc in Economics and Institutions of the International Integration, University La Sapienza, Rome
Six years' of professional experience in the social and economic development sectors, conducting monitoring and evaluation, social research, project planning and management with a focus on private sector development, microfinance and social protection.
Job Titles:
- Civil Engineer
- Associate Regional Director for Africa
- Associate Regional Director, Africa & Caribbean
Fazlun is currently the Associate Regional Director for Africa and the Caribbean. He deputises and works closely with the Regional Director in growing the business and planning, coordinating and managing the operations in Africa and the Caribbean regions.
He has managed various projects in Africa in countries such as Botswana, Ethiopia, the Gambia, Malawi, South Sudan and Uganda and in the Caribbean in countries such as the Netherland Antilles, Guyana and Belize.
Fazlun also has experience in managing projects funded by the donors such as African Development Bank, Caribbean Development Bank, UK DfID, government agencies, Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank, and the EU.
Fazlun is a qualified Civil Engineer and has experience in various projects ranging from structural assessments of rail bridges in Wales, to a Capacity Building Project in Road Maintenance Sector in Africa. At a technical level, Fazlun, gets involved in projects in the areas of public sector reform, change management, institutional strengthening and capacity building in public sector agencies, performance and financial management, and in project planning and management in the transport and financial sectors.
Fazlun was also chosen as one of the 12 apprentices to President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, UK (2009/10) and was involved in producing the "President's Apprentices Toolkit" - a Engineering Project Delivery Toolkit for the Millennium Development Goals.
Qualified civil engineer with experience in projects ranging from structural assessments of rail bridges in Wales to a capacity building project in the road maintenance sector in Africa.
Fazlun is currently the Associate Regional Director for Africa and the Caribbean. He deputises and works closely with the Regional Director in growing the business and planning, coordinating and managing the operations in Africa and the Caribbean regions.
He has managed various projects in Africa in countries such as Botswana, Ethiopia, the Gambia, Malawi, South Sudan and Uganda and in the Caribbean in countries such as the Netherland Antilles, Guyana and Belize.
Job Titles:
- Principal Consultant, Highways & Transportation
Francis has 26 years' experience in highway policy, planning, financing, design, construction and operations. He has delivered highway projects and services within the public and private sector.
Francis has extensive knowledge and experience in all project stages, including feasibility, assessments, modelling, design, management and contract documentation. His expertise also includes operations, maintenance and handover in Sub-Saharan Africa, the UK and the Middle East.
Prior to joining IMC, Francis worked as a Chief Engineer for the Department of Roads in Zimbabwe. Francis has also participated in assignments in the UK and Middle East throughout his eight years of working for Mouchel.
Previously, Francis worked as a Director of Infrastructure Planning with the City of Kigali in Rwanda.
Francis spent three years working with the Transport Research Laboratory implementing DFID-funded projects, such as Africa Community Access Projects in Mozambique and the Nigeria Infrastructure Advisory Facility project. He also worked for the Kampala Capital City Authority delivering a Road Asset Management System.
Recently, he has worked on a variety of projects, including the development of the Zimbabwe National Transport Master Plan and the Nairobi Southern Bypass Project.
Francis has a deep understanding of rural and urban roads and high- and low-volume transport. He has practical experience in international, regional and national road standards in the Abu Dhabi Municipality and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Currently, Francis is leading the DFID-funded Capacity Building and Mentorship for M&E Programmes on Pavement Performance in six African countries including Malawi, South Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and the Democratic Rebublic of the Congo.
Qualifications
BSc (Hons) Civil Engineering, University of Zimbabwe
MSc in International Highway Engineering, University of Birmingham
26 years' experience in highway engineering within the public and private sectors, including consultancy in Sub-Saharan Africa, the UK and the Middle East.
Francis has 26 years' experience in highway policy, planning, financing, design, construction and operations. He has delivered highway projects and services within the public and private sector.
Francis has extensive knowledge and experience in all project stages, including feasibility, assessments, modelling, design, management and contract documentation. His expertise also includes operations, maintenance and handover in Sub-Saharan Africa, the UK and the Middle East.
Prior to joining IMC, Francis worked as a Chief Engineer for the Department of Roads in Zimbabwe. Francis has also participated in assignments in the UK and Middle East throughout his eight years of working for Mouchel.
Job Titles:
- Project Manager in the Project Management Unit
- Project Manager, Project Management Unit
Currently, Francisco works as Project Manager in the Project Management Unit at IMC. Primarily, he is working with the Global Programmes and Africa Region, contributing to the successful delivery of different projects, including Ideas to Impact, Frontier Technology Livestream, Compass, and BRACE II and three EU funded Technical Assistance Projects in Uganda Road Sector. Moreover, Francisco was the Project Manager for two Supply Chain Mapping projects delivered in Mexico, first IMC projects in Latin America.
Prior to joining IMC, Francisco worked in the Paraguayan National Emergency Secretariat as Head of the International Affairs Unit. He represented Paraguay in several meetings at both multilateral and intergovernmental levels.
Francisco was also the designated focal point for international donors and carried out regular monitoring of the implementation of all donor-funded Government initiatives within this sector.
In addition, Francisco worked within the United Nations System in Paraguay, particularly in the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations Development Programme. During his time in these agencies, he supported the project management of several initiatives with a focus on poverty reduction, disaster risk reduction, and human rights.
He also has five years volunteering experience as a Firefighter in Paraguay.
Francisco completed a MSc in International Development, where he focussed particularly on the role of social protection policies in Latin America. His dissertation studied the intended and unintended effects of conditional cash transfer programmes on Citizenship.
Francisco is fluent in Spanish and English with intermediate levels of German and Guarani.
Qualifications
MSc International Development: Poverty and Inequality, University of Manchester, UK
Licentiate degree in Psychology, Catholic University of Asunción, Paraguay
Diploma in "Global Risk Management and Public Policies for Disaster Prevention in Latin America and the Caribbean", Henry Dunant Foundation, Chile
Prince2 Foundation Certificate
A politically-aware, driven professional, with over 5 years' experience undertaking international development projects, focusing on social protection, disaster risk reduction and human rights.
Job Titles:
- First Vice Chair
- Managing Director
- Managing Director / Chartered Engineer and Also a Chartered Manager With over 25 Years Worldwide Experience in Engineering, Planning and Management
Gavin is the Managing Director of IMC Worldwide a multi-disciplinary business providing consultancy services to governments, donor organisations, disaster relief agencies and private sector corporations in developing and transitional countries.
Gavin has over thirty years' worldwide experience in engineering, planning and management. He has a passion for international development, in particular in urban and rural development, transport infrastructure, governance and organisational change, and disaster response and reconstruction. Throughout his career Gavin has had consultancy, management and project director roles on major consultancy projects worldwide.
After graduating from Manchester University in 1982 he joined Cumbria County Council where he trained as a Graduate Engineer. In the early 90's he began his international career initially working on the design of major infrastructure projects in Hong Kong, Brunei and China and then on technical assistance and institutional development projects in the poorest countries in sub Saharan Africa and Asia.
Gavin has been the Managing Director of IMC Worldwide since 2001 and led the management buy-out of this business from WSP Group plc in June 2011. In July 2015 he successfully led the purchase of the shareholding of the private equity partner via a secondary buy-out to create a totally independent business.
Gavin is a first Vice Chair and a Board Director of the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE), London and the current Chairman of the ACE International Business Group where he advises on the issues and challenges facing the engineering industry working in international markets. Gavin also represents IMC Worldwide at the UK Anti-corruption forum and sits on a number of their working groups.
In November 2015 Gavin was awarded the European CEO Sterling Award in the ACE European CEO of the year Awards and in 2013 he was awarded the Chartered Manager of the year 2013 for Outstanding Leadership in the Chartered Management Institute's National Management and Leadership Awards.
Chartered Engineer and also a Chartered Manager with over 25 years worldwide experience in engineering, planning and management.
Job Titles:
- Country Representative - Ethiopia
Job Titles:
- Country Representative - Uganda
Job Titles:
- Principal Consultant, Economics & Finance
Hulya has 20 years of experience managing infrastructure finance, debt management, and sovereign borrowing, as well as PPP specialist advice, project finance and capacity development.
Hulya was the Head of the Turkish Treasury PPP Unit between 2014 and 2018. She worked on PPP transactions, government guarantees, financial closure, and innovative financing instruments to promote private financing. She led the Treasury team for the economic and financial assessments of PPP feasibility studies, debt assumption commitments (total stock $15 bn.) and negotiations on finance documentation.
Hulya successfully financed several large scale PPP project firsts such as the third İstanbul Bridge, the Gebze-İzmir Motorway and the Çanakkale 1915 Bridge. She has worked in financial analysis, due diligence and transaction negotiation across many countries such as Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Morocco, Nepal, Kazakhstan, Philippines, South Korea and Saudi Arabia.
Job Titles:
- President, IMC USA
- Professional Engineer
Twenty years' experience, including six years at International Relief and Development (IRD) and four years and a half at URS Corporation as Director, focusing on strategy development and delivery, business development and preparation of technical and commercial proposals and project management
Imad is a professional engineer with 20 years' experience in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, West Bank/Gaza, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Cambodia, South Korea, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Swaziland, Moldova, Italy and Turkey.
Most of Imad's past work focused on US Government clients to recently include USAID, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the World Bank. Specifically, he has been responsible for strategy development and delivery, business development and preparation of technical and commercial proposals and project management in the areas of Infrastructure (transport, energy, water, wastewater), climate change, and the environment.
A strong communicator fluent in English, French and Arabic, Imad has strong leadership and interpersonal skills as well as an excellent ability to provide innovative solutions to complex development problems.
Job Titles:
- Senior Consultant in IMC 's Monitoring
- Senior Consultant, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning
Janet was team leader at IPE Triple Line for the management of DFID's Civil Society Challenge Fund (2014-2016), and prior to that was involved in the fund as a Senior Civil Society Consultant. She led on communicating learning from the fund and on dialogue with DFID regarding fund and risk management. She was responsible for performance monitoring of a portfolio of CSCF-funded social inclusion projects, and reviewing annual, project completion and evaluation reports from civil society organisations who received support through this fund.
Experience in social inclusion, challenge fund and project management, capacity building, and monitoring, evaluation and learning over the course of 15+ years in international development.
Janet is a Senior Consultant in IMC's Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning team. She has experience in challenge fund management and monitoring, evaluation and learning with a range of organisations over the course of 18 years of international development work.
Jayne has 23 years of broad secretarial and administrative experience, with 21 years working for IMC.
As part of the Admin & Secretarial Support team, she provides full secretarial and administrative support to directors and staff.
Jayne demonstrates excellent organisational, IT and interpersonal skills to ensure deadlines and targets are met.
At IMC she is involved in document production and management; travel and visas arrangements; problem-solving and crisis management; IMC facilities management; call handling and reception of visitors; in-house catering management.
She has visited two project offices, Bangladesh and Vietnam, providing support for setting up office administration procedures.
Prior to joining IMC, Jayne has provided secretarial and administrative support to a variety of companies, including SNC Lavalin Inc.
Qualifications
RSA III Typewriting - Distinction
Pitman Shorthand
6 GSCE's - including Maths and English Language
21 years' experience in international development, providing secretarial and administrative support to staff throughout the company based both in the UK and overseas.
Jayne has 23 years of broad secretarial and administrative experience, with 21 years working for IMC.
As part of the Admin & Secretarial Support team, she provides full secretarial and administrative support to directors and staff.
Jayne demonstrates excellent organisational, IT and interpersonal skills to ensure deadlines and targets are met.
Jenni has 32 years of broad secretarial and administrative experience, with three years working for IMC.
As part of the Admin & Secretarial Support team, she provides full secretarial and administrative support to directors and staff with particular focus on the Pakistan School Construction and Rehabilitation Programme. She also provides occasional IT support.
She has good organisational, planning and communication skills as well as the ability to multi-task to ensure that deadlines are met.
At IMC Jenni is involved in document production and management; travel and visas arrangements; general IT support; minutes of Board Meetings; call handling and reception of visitors; in-house catering management.
Prior to joining IMC, Jenni was personal assistant to the managing director of WHSmith Travel Retail, personal assistant to the marketing director of Superdrug Stores Plc and also a secretary at a variety of other companies including Cellphones Direct, Mobile Marketing and Mansell's Builders.
Three years' experience in international development, providing secretarial and administrative support to staff throughout the company based both in the UK and overseas.
Job Titles:
- International Recruitment Manager
Jenny has over 20 years' experience in International Development.
She started her career as a buyer at Crown Agents, procuring a wide range of goods and services from day old chicks to buses for projects funded by DFID and the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
She also spent 4 years working for DFID in Uganda, managing in-country Technical Cooperation Officers and the High Commission Small Projects Scheme. For several years she lived in Nigeria and then Japan.
Currently she is IMC Worldwide's International Recruitment Manager responsible for developing and expanding our network of consultants as well as identifying and recruiting experts to work on projects across all the technical areas in which we work.
Over 20 years' experience in international development with the last 14 years focused on the identification and recruitment of technical experts to work on a wide variety of projects, mainly in Africa and Asia.
Job Titles:
- Associate Director, Cities and Resilient Development
- Engineer and Institutional Development Specialist
Jonathan is a municipal engineer and institutional development specialist in planning and provision of resilient infrastructure and sustainable services in cities in low and middle-income countries.
Jonathan has 20 years of consulting experience in over 15 countries in Asia and Africa supporting urban authorities, national governmental and humanitarian agencies with policy development, strategic planning and programme design. Initially focussing on urban drainage and sewerage infrastructure, he now specialises in all aspects of urban sanitation and waste management from technical, financial, management and institutional perspectives.
Before joining IMC in 2017, he worked for Oxfam as Senior Programme Developm ent Advisor where he was responsible for a three-year program me funded by USAID to improve the resilience and preparedness of market systems in Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Zimbabwe from to emergencies.
With a PhD from Imperial College, London, he has con siderable research experience and is an author of two books and considerable journal papers focusing primarily on sustainable sanitation and wastewater management.
Job Titles:
- Civil Engineer
- General Manager, IMCW Europe
Jose is a Civil Engineer (University of Granada, Spain), and Master in Business Administration (IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain), having studied also at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences of the University of California at Los Angeles. Jose has worked for the strategic consultancy McKinsey&Company, where he was a management consultant, and in several of the largest international construction and real estate groups in Spain (Ferrovial, FCC, and Metrovacesa).
Jose has worked in consulting assignments for public and private clients in +25 different countries, especially in Africa and Latin America.
He has been Team Leader in more than 30 projects for multilateral institutions, like the World Bank, African Development Bank, Islamic Development Bank or the International Finance Corporation.
With over twenty years of experience managing consulting projects at an international scale, analyzing complex situations and problems and proposing implementable solutions for his clients.
Job Titles:
- Business Improvement Leader
- Training Advisor
Since joining IMC in 2011, Kat has worked within different teams (Regional Management and Technical) but as of 1 st January 2017 she was promoted to the position of Business Improvement Leader.
Previously, Kat has been the Training Advisor on IMC's Technical Assistance team for the National Roads Authority in The Gambia.
Kat has been involved in the conceptual and detailed design stages of the ERAMS system which will used to periodically assess the performance of ERA's suppliers.
Six years of experience in international development, project management, quality management, capacity building and training.
Job Titles:
- Senior Consultant, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning
Katherine Liakos is a dedicated development professional with 5 years' experience in the development sector, ranging from non-profit and public sector to consultancy work. She has lived in Peru and worked extensively with Andean communities and civil societies, as well as Ethiopia working in monitoring and evaluation. Further experience includes work in Mozambique, Belgium, Kosovo, France and UK.
Katherine's M&E experience covers water, sanitation & hygiene, food security and cash transfer programmes (particularly in refugee camp context) amongst others, with experience in qualitative and quantitative research methods and data collection. She works as part of the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning team at IMC and also has strong project management and research skills.
Prior to joining IMC Worldwide, Katherine has worked for the European Commission Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development. Other past roles include Project Manager for the Dutch foundation Stichting Wees Kind in Peru and M&E intern at Jarco Consulting, Ethiopia.
Katherine speaks English, Spanish and French as well as basic Greek and Amharic.
Qualifications
MA, Development Studies - University of Leeds, UK (2011)
BA Joint Hons, French & Linguistics - University of Leeds, UK (2009)
Five years' experience in international development including non-profit and public sector, with a focus on monitoring, evaluation and learning, project management, gender and social development.
Job Titles:
- Associate Regional Director, Asia
Twelve years' experience in international development, programme management and business development. Extensive knowledge of multilateral and bilateral donor procurement and national government procedures together with development of best practice procedures, under a number of donor funded programmes.
Katie has twelve years of experience in programme management and business development including a good track record of bid mangement/writing. She has good understanding of the procedures, guidelines, programme objectives and imperatives of development partners, particularly DFID.
She has extensive knowledge of multilateral and bilateral donor procurement and national government procedures together with development of best practice procedures, under a number of donor funded programmes. Katie is currently the UK Programme Manager for two of IMC's largest programmes in South and South East Asia.
Prior to joining IMC, Katie worked at Crown Agents successfully managed the DFID funded Africa Community Access Programme (value £12 million), which twice scored A++ in the DFID Annual Review, and the World wide Trade Advocacy Fund
Job Titles:
- Consultant, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning
An experienced researcher with expertise in Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) and Project Management. She has over four years' postgraduate experience working in the public and private sectors, writing bids and supporting the technical delivery of a variety of MEL projects in the international development sector, with thematic experience and interest in conflict, security and education.
Job Titles:
- Associate Director, Frameworks
Ten years of experience in international development and project management, working largely on natural resources and private sector development projects across Asia and Africa.
Job Titles:
- Architect
- Senior Consultant, Cities and Resilient Development
Luis is an experienced architect, urban designer and planner and a researcher on disaster risk reduction, urban poverty, vulnerability and displacement.
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- Regional Manager for ECA / MENA ( Europe & Central Asia and MENA )
Over six years of experience in international development cooperation, project management and business development in private sector development, innovation and technology and trade related projects, mainly in North Africa.
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- Consultant, Inclusive Growth
Over 5 years of experience in finance and international development focusing on both strategic policy assessments as well as supporting and developing enterprises that deliver social impact.
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- Deputy Managing Director, Regional Director, Africa & Caribbean
Chartered Civil Engineer with over 30 years of experience of providing development assistance services to the infrastructure sector.
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- Contracts and QMS Manager, Project Management Unit
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- Engineer
- Principal Consultant, Cities and Resilient Development
30 years' of experience working in international development with a background in procurement and a focus on contractual guidance and quality management.
Núria is an engineer specialising in climate resilient infrastructure, urban development, housing and educational facilities.
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- Regional Director, Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East, Director, Frameworks
More than 20 years' experience in the fields of highway engineering, transportation planning and institutional strengthening of central government organisations.
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- Principal Consultant, Trade and Investment
20 years' consultancy experience in international development focusing on customs and trade facilitation matters supporting governments, border agencies and traders in developing economies.
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- Principal Consultant, Inclusive Growth
Thirteen years' experience in promoting business development and stakeholder engagement, leading and coordinating multifaceted teams and project management in the corporate, humanitarian and refugee response sectors.
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- Principal Consultant, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning
Over thirty-five years of experience in international development, monitoring and evaluation, programme management, strategic planning, organizational development, rights-based approaches and gender.
With seven years of experience in international development, Sapna works closely with the five business streams on marketing and business development across the whole spectrum of IMC activities.
Sapna's main role is to identify and track potential business leads and follow up with directors and staff.
She maintains and updates the in-house marketing and prospect tracking database including: checking, entering and updating project data sheets, prospects, staff and contract staff CVs, information and contact details of organisations and associates; ensuring CVs are regularly updated by staff and associates; updating prospect information.
Sapna is also responsible for maintaining and updating marketing library and electronic files - capability statements, company information, prospects and proposals including updates on company registrations with bi-lateral and multilateral agencies - ADB Dacon, AfDB Dacon, DFID portal, WB eConsult.
She ensures marketing and promotional materials are up to date, readily available and easily accessible to staff. She also works with the communications and technical teams in the design and production of new marketing materials and liaises with external print/design companies.
Moreover, Sapna provides marketing and business development support to technical staff and directors in the UK and overseas.
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- Principal Consultant, Inclusive Growth
Specialising in project management and coordination of diverse international development projects in fields ranging from natural resource management, to rural livelihoods and learning.
Over 22 years of professional experience in project management and administration, including procurement and contract management, human resource management, information system networking and corporate planning, budget and financial management, and strategic management.
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- Consultant, Trade and Investment
Suzanne has over three years' experience in the investment consulting industry and has recently completed an MSc in Development Studies, where she specialised in international trade, gender and labour markets.
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- Consultant, International Resourcing
Over 6 years' experience in Human Resources with a focus on resourcing for various industries.
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- Principal Consultant, Economics & Finance
Over thirty years' experience in commercial and development financing gained across multiple regions and sectors.