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Christopher in a few words
PMP certified Project Manager boasting over twenty years of experience in the Private, Public, and Non-Profit Sectors, Strategy and Management Consulting, Humanitarian Emergencies, and Infrastructure. Experience acquired through Facilitation, Influencing and direct interaction with collocated and virtual Subject Matter Experts. Seeking challenging opportunities within a PMO environment as Project Manager, Program Governance or Compliance Manager.
Experience
- Beyond ConsultingPartnerSeptember 2013 - Today (11 years and 9 months)Bradford, UKBeyond Consulting works on projects focused on, organizational change management assistance, turnaround consulting, strategy development and operational improvement services.• Provided to the Management Team of Blantyre Water Board with the support, expertise and capability to drive a Turnaround Strategy. https://www.bwb.mw/ Tenders.php• Evaluated the capacity of the FAEO and highlighted remaining capacity gaps. https://www.redr.org.uk/Our-Work/Key-Projects/Africa-Catalyst• Optimized Procurement, Logistics, Spend Analytics Support and Supply Chain Management to RakGas LLC exploring for Oil and Gas in Malawi https:// rakgas.ae/upstream-operations/• Developed clear and easily comprehensible electronic and print IEC materials in Chichewa and English for GIZ . https://www.giz.de/en/ worldwide/32363.html
- World VisionRegional Program OfficerJune 2011 - September 2013 (2 years and 3 months)Nairobi, Kenya• Provided Technical support to WASH and Infrastructure Projects in Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Puntland, Rwanda, Somaliland, Tanzania, and Uganda.• Matrix managed and supervised the delivery of regional activities covered by the WASH programmes ensuring sound and consistent coordination between WVI East Africa and the country offices,• Articulated and promoted community-led WASH as a significant means of contributing towards the achievement of the health-related SDGs.• Ensured that tools, guidelines and projects in the WASH East Africa were based on evidence, applicable international standards and follow a resilience based health approach.• Led the delivery of service improvement, good practice, continuous learning and knowledge sharing between the WVI East Africa and Country Offices and between colleagues.
- Humanitarian NGOsDelegateMarch 2005 - June 2011 (6 years and 3 months)HaitiShelter Delegate, IFRC, Haiti Earthquake Operation Shelter Project Manager, Canadian Red Cross, Nias, Indonesia Construction Manager, WVI Tsunami Response, Aceh, Indonesia WASH Tech Coordinator, Oxfam GB, Tsunami Response Aceh, Indonesia
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Education
- Master of ManagementUniversity of Derby2002Master's degree, Strategic Management
- Master of EngineeringUniversity of Dar es Salaam (UDSM)1993Master's degree, Water Resources Engineering
- Bachelor of EngineeringUniversity of Malawi, The Polytechnic, Blantyre1989Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering