1. Family & first name: CLARK Oliver
3. Date of birth: 1960
5. Civil status: Married
6. Education:
[Date from - to ]
- 1994 - 1996
2. Contact:
4. Nationality:
Institution
Krannert Business School, Purdue Univ. (USA)
[email protected]
French
Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:
MSc. (Business Management and Economics)
- 1994 – 1996
ESC Rouen, France
- 1983 - 1984
Sorbonne, Paris,
(M.A equivalent) Licence,History (Law as minor), full honours
- 1982 - 1983
- 1981 - 1982
Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris
Sorbonne, Paris,
(B.A equivalent)
(Diploma) History and Econometrics
MBA
7.Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 - excellent; 5 - basic)
Language
Reading
Speaking
Writing
1
1
1
English
1
1
1
French
2
1
2
Spanish
2
1
2
Italian
Rudimentary notions of: Arabic, Caribbean Papiamento, German, Kiswahili, Rumanian
8.Membership of professional bodies:
Transparency International: Organisation anti-corruption
AIA: Association Internationale d’Arbitrage (Bruxelles)
Mediacion y Convivencia (Espagne)
InterMediation (Royaume Uni)
E.E.N.: European Expert Network (France)
T.A.A.: (Tropical Agriculture Association, UK)
A.I.C: (Association of International Consultants, Brussels)
Proconsul: Monitoring Consultancy Network (New Zealand)
DEVEX: Association d’experts en Projets et Audits (Mondial)
10.Present position: Independent expert, available for Short-term assignments
11.Years within the firm:
Over 30 years experience
12.Key qualifications:
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
Enterprise & SME: SME support, Management audit, Capacity-Building, Business Advisory Services (BAS): design, organisation
BSOs, CCIs: Business Support Institutions & organisations (BICs). Strategy, OD, processes & procedures, voucher systems.
Business Development Services: (BDS), Business Advisory Services (BAS): regulation, design, organisation, SME access to finance
Business Incubators: Incubators & business launching services for SMEs, Innovation parks and Start-up support, Free-trade areas for exporting industries,
Monitoring & Evaluation: Methodology, Impact assessment, Statistical study, Project technical audit, M&E systems design, Surveys, Statistical study
Other qualifications
Business & Enterprise:

Export promotion: Marketing, Trade facilitation (North-South & S-S), Barter agreements, Trade fairs

Commercial Diplomacy: preparation / organisation of talks, participation in negotiations, moderation of work groups, EPAs

Management Training: Training Needs Analysis (TNA), Programme & curriculum development, Training of Trainers (ToT), University courses

Productivity: Performance Measurement & improvement, KPIs, Efficiency studies, Waste reduction, Lean Manufacturing,
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HRM: Private & Public Sector, Organisational Development (OD), Human Resources Dev. (HRD)

Privatisation in transition economies: Strategy, Rationalisation, Productivity, Re-engineering (BPR)
Project:

Development Project Management: Design, Identification, Formulation, LogFrame, TORs, PCM, Innovative Development Instruments (IDIs)

Strategic Management: Forecasting & Planning, Information analysis, Crisis prevention

Management Information Systems: (MIS), Logical framework, design and installation of communications flows

Search for partners and international funding agencies. Presentation and negotiations of partnerships

Lobbying on behalf of projects and /or enterprises, design and application of lobbying strategy.
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PPP: Private Public Partnerships: conception, management & regulation, Mixed-Capital enterprises consortia & projects, Guarantee Funds

Purchasing policies: Organisational / institutional Procurement, purchasing and procurement, inventory management, EOQs
Economics & Strategy:

Geo-strategic analysis: regional or multilateral economic, trade and political integration, Trade competition, political stability analysis

Macro-economic studies: sectorial or general analysis and policy recommendations, econometrics, research,
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National Competitiveness: Strategy design. Identification of priorities & bottlenecks for reform and liberalisation

Island economies: SIDS, OCTs, DOM, TOM, experience in social & economic specificities of Insular environments
Technical & Quality:

Quality issues: ISO 9000, Standards,(QMS), Total Quality Management (TQM), Baldridge

PR & Communication: Press analysis, writing, Institutional image-building, Corporate networking, Media plans

Agricultural & Agro-industrial projects: Commodity crops / transformation. Plantations, farm management, industrial processes, marketing

Agro-business: Design and development of sustainable and wealth-generating Agricultural models

Micro-credit: Development of sustainable models, micro-banking systems & loan policies for SMEs, Microenterprise support

Handicraft: Micro-Entreprises, Cooperatives, Informal Sector, Women’s association, Refugees etc…
1
14. Professional experience:
strategic vision of the assignment
supervise and coordinate the inputs of the other experts
advise on the identification and implementation of activities
implementation of the new "private sector engagement dimension"
Steering and managing the assignment
dispatching tasks to the other experts of the team
Supervise the elaboration, production and quality control of the facility outputs, studies and other support tasks requested by DEVCO C4;
preparation of the progress and annual reports and quality control of reports
Define and implement an action plan to enhance DEVCO's engagement with the private
framework for engagement with businesses;
structured dialogue with businesses
SMEs internationalisation in developing
formulation and/or implementation and/or evaluation of international co-operation programmes in the areas of trade, regional economic integration, private sector development and engagement.
team leader in the area of private sector development in international cooperation programmes/projects.
engagement with the private sector and internationalisation of EU businesses.
participatory and consultative processes with businesses, including dialogue and matchmaking events, technical workshops and seminars
Date
from
- to
Location
Company &
reference person
(contact details)
Position
Aug
‘16 ongoi
ng
LIBYA
(Paris /
Tunisia)
EU / Expertise France
alexandre.chatillonmounier@expertisefr
ance.fr
Strategic
Adviser
June
’16 July
2017
DRC (Congo
Kinshasa)
DFID (implemented
by PWC)
ghislaine.djapouop@
cd.pwc.com
Project
Manager
Oct
‘16 Jan
‘17
Brussels
Desk
Research
DEVCO HQ, C-4
Brussels
m.j.char.giz@outlook
.com
TL
National
Industrial
Strategy, PAI project
/ Maxwell Stamp
mkebbell@maxwellst
Industrial
Strategist
/ MSME
Economis
Aug
’15
May
KUWAIT
Description
Support to Libya for Economic Integration, Diversification and Sustainable Employment programme (SLEIDSE) to promote a dynamic and diversified MSME
sector in all regions of Libya, creating 10 incubators throughout the country. Focus on youth employment and livelihood, in particular for women, through
MSME support services. Four- year DEVCO TA programme entrusted to French technical cooperation agency, under indirect management delegation. The
agreement was suspended in 2014 due to the uncertainty of the Libyan environment and relaunched in 2016. Objectives: operational University-based incubators
and MSME business support services, Access to finance for MSME, Private Sector Development Policy
ESSOR MSME Project: MSME Tax-Simplification through reform to policies and processes (including e-payment). Result through dialogue and implementation
of solutions to reduce high tax and non-tax compliance burdens for MSMEs for both formal and informal sector. Objective is to lower risk / costs and improve
business-enabling environment for MSMEs especially for women and the poor, leading to increased investment and growth while increasing government
revenues through increased formalisation and taxpayer compliance. Project comprises three subcomponents: Strengthen dialogue between the MSME sector and
tax authorities ; Design and develop tax simplification reform proposals ; Assist with reform implementation.
Revision and Update of core DEVCO Guidelines on TPSD. Thorough examination and proof-reading of “Reference Document 10” on Trade and Private Sector
Policy and Development Support programmes financed by EU external assistance. Identification of best practices and case studies to illustrate the new guidelines
for HQ and EUDs. Inclusion into the new version of recent development in Innovative Development Modalities such as Blending and Development Funds.
Design of National Industrial Strategy and establishment of Diversification / Investment / FDI / SME Incubator & free-zone areas Policy for Kuwait
Government.
Core tasks: Evaluation of macro-economic policy for industrial diversification, SME –oriented policy design and non-oil FDI generation.
Strong focus on Institutional Reform and capacity-building of the National Planning Institute.
2
‘16
amp.com
t
Significant economic work on SME value-chain situation in the country and on sectoral studies such as niche manufacturing, high-tech and innovative industries,
waste management and other non-oil industries.
Following the evaluation of the “Small Business Act” and the Programmes for improving “Doing Business” rankings for SMEs and Micro-enterprises in MED
neighbourhood Countries, responsibility for the internal and external Strategic Communication of the EBESM project (Enhancement of the Business
Environment in the Southern Mediterranean, DG GROW & DG DEVCO).
Task focused on creating and enforcing institutional image, increasing programme and outcome visibility, designing communication systems and tools, press
relations, website, e-mailing campaigns, on-line and social media etc…
Preparation of concept papers for capacity-building pubic seminars on Trade-oriented support strategies for Micro & SMEs, and series of training presentation on
themes such as “SME Support incubators to benefit from growth markets”, “Export Assistance for innovative SMEs” and “Regulatory Impact Assessment
(RIA)”, in the framework of the diffusion of the Small Business Act (SBA) model in MEDA Countries and the improvement of the “SBA Doing Business
ranking” for SMEs
Process Simplification of existing DEVCO PCM core Processes (Identification, Formulation, Implementation, Evaluation, Programming) and Support Processes.
On the basis of efficiency / effectiveness evaluation, quantitative analysis, desk research and documentary study, as well as numerous interviews in Headquarters
and in five EU Delegations (Jordan, Burkina Faso, Tanzania, Bangladesh, Nicaragua): 12-person team carried out an in-depth analysis to identify potential for
Simplification, in order to streamline operating modes. Additional benchmarking analysis from Processes and best practices used in DFID, IBRD, AFD, IADB
and Bill Gates Foundation.
Several hundred findings translated into about 90 recommendations for improvement leading to implementation.
Strategic consultancy mission to Shareholders and Senior Management for a large Agro-industrial Group (100m€ turnover). Objective: advise and support the
process of corporate reorganization to achieve a more focused and cohesive Holding structure.
Tasks include: Identification and formulation of the project, Strategic evaluation of options, analysis of proposed re-structuring objectives, project oversight,
Change Management.
Dec
’14 –
July
‘15
MED
Region
GIZ / DG GROW /
EBESM
/
m.j.char.giz@outlook
.com
Communi
cations
Expert
Oct Dec
‘14
LEBANON /
EGYPT
Senior
Lecturer
Dec
’13 –
Sept
‘14
DG DEVCO
GIZ / DG DEVCO /
DG
Trade
m.j.char.giz@outlook
.com
DEVCO Unit 02
Sophie.leconte@everi
s.com
Jan
‘13
July
‘13
MOROCCO
EBRD EGP
programme
[email protected]
Senior
Advisor
Oct
12 –
Mar
’13
MOROCCO
TL
June
2012
VANUATU
May
–
June
’12
Dec.
’10July
’11
EGYPT
EU SPRING
Programme (Rabat
EUD),
Alessandra.frontoni@
eeas.europa.eu
EU M'Hamed
CHERIF, Director
ACP Business
Climate,
mhamed@acpbusines
sclimate.org
USAID John
Varley, TFP Director:
[email protected]
Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation /
GALVmed Nairobi
(fred.musisi@galvme
d.org)
TL for
West
Africa
CAMEROO
N, RDC,
MALI,
SENEGAL
Track
Leader
Speaker
TL
For design of a Budget support programme dedicated to youth employment and its relation to economic growth, Team Leader for sector analysis & research into
existing or possible synergies between the strategies of Ministries / Donors / Enterprises / Stakeholders, regarding the interaction between the three issues of
VET/ Education, Youth Employment and SMEs / Microenterprise.
Objective: identification, formulation & Action Fiches for Budget support, Proposal of Conditionalities and ToR design for a Budget support Programme, under
SPRING.
By invitation, Speaker and workshop Moderator at the First EU-Pacific Forum (Seminar & workshop) in Vanuatu on the topic of the Pacific-EU Trade patterns
and their variable incidence on the Socio-economic Development of the various Ultra-peripheral EU Regions, the OCTs and the Pacific Nations. Focus on Trade
& Business Policies as well as Private Sector Development Opportunities through Private - Public Partnerships
In the framework of USAID’s Trade Facilitation Project (TFP), conception & design for a sub-project dedicated to increasing Trade volume from SMEs by better
market knowledge, and ability to serve & gain access to export markets. Needs analysis for SMEs and Macro-economic research into SMEs’ trade leverage.
Design of the project, with particular focus on cooperatives and incubators for agro-food processing the export potential of sectors such as Agro-industrial,
processed food, ICT/ software, RMGs, Furniture & Handicraft, Leather goods and Medical supplies.
In collaboration with EU, African Union and PANVAC, organisational audit and management analysis of several large Pharmaceutical Laboratories producing
Animal Vaccines. Eight National Laboratories were selected as priority targets for TA and Management, and a Capacity-Building project designed, focusing on
equipment upgrading and management training.
3
June
–
Dec
’10
May
–
Aug
‘10
ACP
Countries
Feb April
10
FRANCE
Nov
09–
Feb
10
Feb –
Mar
09
SYRIA
Oct –
Nov
’08
CHINA
SepOct
‘08
June
’08
SYRIA
Marc
hJune
’08
EU Overseas
Countries &
Territories
(OCTs)
May
’08
to
Lebanon &
MEDA
region
AFGHANIS
TAN
BELGIUM
LEBANON
EU/ DGDev: Luca
Marangoni:
Luca.MARANGONI
@ec.europa.eu
World Bank &
French Post Office
(Bruno Rosellini:
bruno.rosellini@lapos
te.fr )
Private Client: name
withheld (Laurence
Peschel:
[email protected],
[email protected]
EU / SEBC (ACE:
[email protected]
om )
TL
TL
In the framework of a possible strategic shift in DGDev’s allocation of ODA to Developing Countries, Team Leader in a 6 month research programme focusing
on “Private Sector IN development” (not PSD). Comparative study of Private Sector’s and ODA’s Strategies for Development projects, administrative modes
and instruments, clustering of target Countries, analysis of existing ODA partnerships with Enterprises (PPPs, CSR, Joint Programmes, Partnerships, Trust
Funds, etc..). Proposal of new instruments using Private Sector partners
Following acceptance by Afghan Parliament of expert’s report written in 2006 for UPU, establishment of a Business Plan and capacity –building project outline
for the World Bank. Analysis of entire existing Afghan Post Office structure, HR & operational capacity and financial situation. Proposals for a broad spectrum
of new activities, rebuilding Infrastructure & HR skills, leading to eventual corporatisation. Special emphasis on avoiding macroeconomic dependence on illicit
opium production.
Senior
Trainer
For a world-wide logistics and handling French company, design of a major training project for management capacity upgrade of a 300-person group of highpotential managers. Close collaboration on the company’s strategic issues in terms of inter- regional, hinterland and “corridor” trade patterns in Africa,
development of PPPs and BOT contracts in commercial ports and airports, integrated logistical services with isolated regions.
TL
National Competitiveness Strategy design. Extensive study of macro-economic and business environment (Agriculture, Industry, Trade); identification of
strategic priorities for reform; consensus building on major bottlenecks to economic liberalisation and economic development; proposal of possible strategic
options, including designing free-trade areas and incubators for start-up industries.
CGSP : Syndicat
Belges: Rudy
Janssens.
http://www.acod.be,
&
[email protected]
Private clients from
Lebanon & Syria (led
by South Lebanon
CACI:
khammoud@southbic
.org)
Central Bank /EU:
Senior
Trainer
Several training sessions for the National College and for the regional management of the Belgian Civil Servant’s Trade Union on the theme of the use of
psychological profiling (MBTI instruments) and other Negotiations techniques in the framework of national trade union negotiations.
TL
For an informal grouping of industrial SMEs, Chambers of Commerce & Agriculture and trade support institutions in Europe and the Near East, research into
trade and sub-contracting opportunities with Chinese SME. Establishment of preliminary business contacts in Guangzhou (Canton) International Trade fair and
Shanghai Permanent Trade Fair. Particular focus on Agro-industry, food products, medical supplies, cloth & fabric, furniture as well as arts & crafts.
TL
Evaluation of the Central Bank’s “Bank Training Centre” Communication Strategy, and planning / implementation for communication policies and processes.
Preparation & Project Management for the BTC’s Opening Ceremony: design, logistics and organisation.
EU: Transtec, ElAssaad Mohanad,
+32 2 266 49 50
EU: HTSPE, Adam
Pierchzala ;
adam.pierzchala@hts
pe.com
Expert
Preparation and moderation for a Workshop presenting the Inception Report for a PPP: Vocational Training & Education School in the Bekaa Valley. Work on
SME needs with the Lebanese Syndicate of Agro-food Industry, Project Management team and the Ministry of Education on the LogFrame, OWP & AWP.
Economis
t
ACTIA / Vitech:
khammoud@vitechco
nsulting.com
Assistant
Project
Manager
Six-person mission to evaluate the EU’s Overseas Association Decision (OAD) and prepare future evolution of the business environment, trade, socio-economic,
political, and financial relation between the EU, the Member states (UK, France, Denmark, Netherlands) and their overseas Countries and Territories (SIDS).
Intensive desk research on the political, commercial, economic and legal situations of the 20 OCTs (Aruba, St Kitts & Nevis, St Pierre et Miquelon, Mayotte,
Greenland, French Polynesia, Dutch Antilles, Falklands, St Helena, New Caledonia, Caiman Islands, Bermuda, etc..). Mission was carried out in all concerned
Member States, and with collaboration of stakeholders from the EC and OCTs. Strong focus on agricultural and fisheries exports to EU.
Part of Vitech team in charge of the follow-up and management of the EU's FP7 programme (International Scientific Cooperation throughout MEDA). Tasks:
Identification, administrative support and management of Proposals from Universities, Agricultural Research institutions, Food Laboratories and Agro-Business
firms for Project funding) in the MEDA region. Vitech is responsible for the FP7 dissemination activities and the administrative management of the Programme
4
prese
nt
From
Febru
ary
2008
Jan –
Marc
h ’08
in Lebanon, Syria and Palestine, as well as for the FP7's specific "Farm to Fork" component and is additionally in charge of the MEDA Region newsletter.
FRANCE
ECOWAS
COUNTRIE
S
AugSept
‘07
SYRIA
From
Aug
‘07
From
July
’07
LEBANON
May
–
June
’07
JanFeb
‘07
AugSept
06
AprMay
’06
ITALY /
FRANCE
LEBANON
LEBANON
EQUATORI
AL GUINEA
AFGHANIS
TAN
Private law firm
Paris:
[email protected]
om
NEPAD and EU:
ECF S.p.A, Giovanni
Cappe, Partner,
+390690146236
Economis
t
Permanent part-time service contract for an international Law Firm in Paris: consultancy work on the economic, contractual and legal aspects of international
projects and contracts. Tasks include contract review for work on large energy contracts for Cuba and Venezuela, analysis of the economics of commercial
agreements, and ADR in the framework of several business transactions.
Assistant
Project
Manager
HIBA (Higher
Institute for Business
Administration):
Transtec, El-Assaad
Mohanad, +32 2 266
49 50
EU: Transtec, ElAssaad Mohanad,
+32 2 266 49 50
SouthBIC / Saida
Chamber of
Commerce / USAID:
South Lebanon
CACI:
khammoud@southbic
.org
Private Client:
Consulting-Positions,
Franck Janet,
3056004408
EU : Transtec, ElAssaad Mohanad,
+32 2 266 49 50
EU EDF: IBF,
Marion Le Bouich,
+32(0)22370900
Universal Postal
Union (Berne,
Switzerland) Bruno
Rosellini, Post Office
Director,
+33(0)155440000
Senior
Trainer
Participation in the planning, organisation and moderation of the 1 st NEPAD Business Group Forum (over 450 Participants from all Africa) on Regional
Economic Integration. Issues approached: Regional and export trade, Country specialisation, legal and practical barriers to trade, freight transport problems,
Good Governance issues, Customs and logistical problems, Agricultural production and transformation industries, Food Security, Power grids and pipelines,
Mining.
Extensive Six-week Macro-economic study and production of a high-level Economic Report on ECOWAS (CEDEAO) Regional Economic Integration and
Business Opportunities. During the International Forum, Public Presentation of the Report and Moderation of the Forum’s working Groups.
Series of Teacher’s training courses for Future HIBA teaching staff, preparing them to their Master’s and PhD in Europe.
TL
Team leader group of group of 10 experts in the framework of EU-Lebanese Industrial Modernisation Programme (ELCIM). Additional responsibility for
managing several ELCIM clients and a number of projects (International Trade Fairs, Marketing and Trade development missions, Industrial Improvements etc..)
Member
Managem
ent team
Member of the Strategic Management Team of a large incubator for industrial SMEs: “Saida and Southern Lebanon Business Innovation Center”, funded by the
Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture and USAID.
Construction and establishment of a large Business Incubator (20000 m²) largely dedicated to Food processing and Agro-industry (8000 m2) and a laboratory for
food safety / HACCP
TL for
Italy
Productivity project for a large sailing boat manufacturer. Focus on improving efficiency and reducing cost of the purchasing and procurement department:
Contract Review and Negotiation, Inventory reduction, Economic Order Quantities (EOQ), stock control etc..
Project
Manager
Organisation, under the auspices of an EU-Lebanese Industrial Modernisation Programme, of four international study visits (to over 6 EU Member states & Preaccession countries) for Directors of Chambers of Commerce & Agriculture and senior BSI Officials.
TL
Team leader for of preparation of logframe (including ulterior evaluation criteria and KPIs, components, contents and financial proposal for the 9th EDF in
E.Guinea. Fields of intervention aimed at Civil Society, Regional integration / trade and APE, support to Parliamentary institutions, justice and judiciary,
constitutional law, social (health and education) statistics.
To prepare a complete organisational restructuring, analysis and evaluation of the Afghan Post Office’s present marketing, HR, organisational, commercial and
regulatory situation, and definition of a number of possible and realistic strategies for the rehabilitation of its postal services and the development of new services
(EMS, money transfer, micro-credit, insurance, voting facilitation, etc)
TL
5
Jan –
Feb
’06
EGYPT
Oct –
Nov
’05
BRUSSELS
April
–
Nov.
‘05
SYRIA
FebOcto
ber
’05
ALL MEDA
COUNTRIE
S
OctNov
’04
SYRIA
SeptOct
’04
YEMEN
MayJune
’04
SYRIA
FebMar.
’04
Aug.Oct.
’03
USAID: J.E Austin
Associates, Joyce
Lamoreux,
+1(703)8419841
DG ECHO: DG
ECHO, EU:
www.gfe.de/projects/
projects.html
HIBA (Higher
Institute for Business
Administration): ElAssaad Mohanad,
+32 2 266 49 50
European Union:
HTSPE, Adam
Pierchzala ;
adam.pierzchala@hts
pe.com
Evaluation of the major USAID Agribusiness support programme, dedicated to establishing businesses and collective incubators to ensure poverty alleviation
and employment for horticulture and livestock small farmers in Upper Egypt. Local and macro economic Impact assessment, basic numerical evaluation of
claimed achievements, study of all contractors’ methodologies and procedures, analysis of effectiveness and sustainability (Legacy) of results.
TL
Administrative Evaluation of 170 NGO ECHO partners, based on a case-by-case study of administrative capacity and compliance with EC requirements for
Procurement, Legal and Accounting Procedures and Practices, Fund allocation and other issues. Design and application of a complete evaluation methodology,
using a data base and an integrated statistical analysis tool.
Senior
Trainer
Series of Management training courses and simultaneous training of trainers in the framework of a national MBA diploma. Disciplines: HRM leadership, public
speaking & presentation, verbal and written Communication, negotiations.
Team
Member
Project identification and design for 20 M€ multilateral programme on legal & regulatory alignment concerning all trade and commerce issues for 9 MEDA
countries (South-South and North-South), based on existing EU Strategies: Euro-Mediterranean free trade area, Neighbourhood Policy and negotiated “Action
plans”.
The scope of work included:
A) Market issues:
Free Circulation of People, Goods & Services, Public Procurement & Contracts, Capital investment & repatriation of profits, Intellectual and industrial Propriety
Rights, Competition law, Customs, Tax, Veterinary and Phyto-Sanitary, Consumer Protection, Industrial Policies, Transport, Energy, Electronic Communication,
Environment
B) Continuation of Euro-Mediterranean Free-Trade Area:
Customs (Legislation & Procedures, ICT usage, Administrative simplification & reform, ASYCUDA, SAD, Rules of Origin), Trade Facilitation (Legislation and
procedures, Administrative Cooperation, Standardization & Lab Accreditation, Conformity assessment), Free Trade (capital & services, including agricultural)
European Union:
TRANSTEC: ElAssaad Mohanad,
+32 2 266 49 50
European Union:
Proman S.A Hilde
Cornelissen,+352254
6841
European Union
Senior
Trainer
Set-up and organisation of a two day workshop and negotiation round table, aimed at reconciliation between the EU Delegation and relevant Ministries about an
EU co-funded Project to establish a higher education and MBA Institute. Task include mediation between the parties and moderation during the workshop.
EGYPT
Government of
Egypt:
TL
EGYPT
European Union /
Government of Egypt
TL
TL
Team member, dedicated to Organisational development and HRD issues on a Capacity-building project for the national Social Development Fund organisation
aimed at water harvesting, storage and repartition in agricultural areas. Specific tasks: develop mission methodology for Capacity evaluation, identify Training
Needs to lay out a training policy, design templates and interview formats, conduct organisational capacity analysis through head office work and field visits to
most Branch offices.
Design of a number of strategic options and macro-economic policies to develop the efficiency and scope of business incubators, free-trade zones and Business
Support Institutions (public sector) / Business Support providers (private sector), preparing the transition of the EU BSI and SME-credit Project.
Task included intensive survey of SMEs and agro-businesses and critical analysis of existing organisations, as well as study of best practices from existing IMC
and PSD projects.
Establishing options for the future network structure of business incubators, BSPs and BAS throughout the country, including pastoral and rural areas. Design of
the legal and administrative structure of the apex organisation, as well as its mandate. TORs included defining the scope and nature of its advisory services and
the credit allocation and voucher system for subsidised funds.
Re-engineering and definition of a strategy for one of the four departments of a large project (450 M€), dedicated to Industrial modernisation. Mission objective:
audit the organisation , identify and layout possible strategic orientations for the coming years, pending the end of EU financing, design and propose new
component project structure.
6
Tasks included: data analysis of the organisation’s activities and its internal organisation , search for “market” competences and capacity, identification of
potential local and international partners, structural re-organisation.
With the water supply and irrigation team, setup and project management and monitoring for a “water supply rehabilitation” programme in the Rif region around
Tangiers.
The project is funded by Veolia, UNICEF Maroc, UNICEF France, private funds from Regions and municipalities in Europe. Responsibilities covered: project
management for the main group of donors, design of monitoring methods and tools, search for additional donors and negotiating of the legal and contractual
multilateral agreements.
Feb.
–July
’03
MOROCCO
UNICEF / WATERFORCE, Générale
des eaux (Veolia)
Team
Member
Marc
h.Aug
03
Dec.
‘02
Marc
hDec.
‘02
ALGERIA
USAID / Hewlet
Packard
Team
Member
JORDAN /
SYRIA
Private client
TL
LEBANON
EU / MEDA
TL
Aug.
2001
SRI LANKA
USAID
May
2001
SERBIA /
MONTENE
GRO
VENEZUEL
A
Private client
TL
Private Client:
Hacienda y Ganaderia
Hernadez-Mosqueda,
San Carlos, Estado
Cogedes
USAID: Landell
Mills, David Uglow,
+44(0)1225763777
E.U. DG1 : Inception
phase for SME / SMI
capacity building
project:
EC DG 1 MEDA:
"Appui au Fond d'
Insertion
Professionnelle":
World Bank / IDA
Economis
t
Marketing and logistics study for export of high value-added fresh tropical fruit to European, Japanese and US markets. Basic scan of production and harvest
GMPs and product suitability.
Team
Member
Training project impact evaluation. Evaluation of impact, both macro-economic and on recipient financial institutions (Central Bank of Madagascar and savings
banks), of 5 yr.Technical assistance and training program funded by USAID, Swiss Aid and World Bank.
Team
Member
Conception and design of a five year project to set up a management improvement and training centre in a Business incubator for the tourism & catering industry.
Project objective: increasing capacity and national self-sufficiency in Management by high-level training & consultancy.
TL
Audit of the FIAP (training and professional competence) programme. Evaluation of administrative and macro-economic effectiveness and efficiency.
Exploratory, Monitoring & Evaluation: support to national vocational private SME training institution.
Background: Poverty Alleviation, Decentralisation and Social Infrastructure.
Apr.
‘99
July /
Aug.
‘98
Mar.
/ Apr.
‘98
MADAGAS
CAR
Nov.’
96 /
Mar.
‘97
JulyAug.
TUNISIA
ARUBA
DJIBOUTI
Design phase for a “digital business village” network linking the local University, rural enterprises, business centre for SMEs and a number of public
administration organisations.
Tasks included meeting with potential business and political partners both in Europe and in Algeria, design of structure and methodology for the project
management, selection of recipient municipality and local NGOs.
Brief evaluation and fact-finding mission, with European and Lebanese experts, to study the irrigated agricultural production and business parameters and
logistical constraints for the export of semi-processed agro-industrial materials to the EU.
Over thirty general audits (average of one-week each) of food & agro-industrial industry SMEs applying for EU-funded TA (ELCIM).
Design of diagnostics & evaluation tools and procedures for TA project: diagnostics of industrial companies applying for EU-funded TA. Evaluation report and
TOR writing for all TA generated (over 150 TORs)
Objectives: identify and prioritise any possible TA needs, to allow firm to become more competitive prior to EU-MEDA free-trade agreement.
Main focus on:strategy, marketing, export, productivity, HACCP, ISO 9000, GMPs
Strategic study for the entire tea growing and processing sector of the island. Search for agricultural bottlenecks, credit access issues, processing and marketing
constraints and opportunity for strategic partners.
Responsibilities focused on the long-term commercial and marketing strategies, investment and human capital policies. Work included negotiations with different
sub-sectors (growers, brokers, exporters) to promote improved cooperation and research of “cluster models” in other countries.
Feasibility study for a hydrology project involving market study, logistical analysis, and export potential for a geothermal water supply. Evaluation of business
potential (ex. greenhouse development) and exploration of revenue generation for agro-business partners and the local municipality.
Private Sector Development Reconnaissance Mission: Assist in drafting a Strategic Economic Policy for the Country. Identify constraints (including waterissues) to economic growth, determine needs for services, regional possibilities, potential for capacity building, ie. Chamber of Commerce, Review regulatory
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‘96
‘96 /
‘97
ZAMBIA
EU DG 8, Zambia
Export Growers
Assoc. (ZEGA)
Team
Member
’95 /
‘96
LITHUANIA
TL
‘95
MAURITIUS
‘94 –
‘95
MALDIVES
’93 –
’94
SPAIN
‘94
VENEZUEL
A
EU PHARE,
Agriculture and
Fisheries sector
rehabilitation project.
World Bank: Project
Identification study,
World Bank IDA /
UNDP: preprivatisation
programme
EC / CEDRE / DG16:
Series of short M&E
audit missions of
PACTE
Private client:
’94
HUNGARY
‘93‘94
BELGIUM /
FRANCE
’91 –
’92
FRANCE
’91
VIETNAM
’91
VIETNAM
’91
ROMANIA
French Regional
Government
(Aquitaine Region)
(bi-lateral) funded
Hungarian SME
SOBIC (Société
Belge d'Ingénieurs
Conseil): Managing
Partner:
Enjeux de l'Europe,
Paris
UNHCR-EEC
Refugee Resettlement
Programme
International Swiss
food Conglomerate
Council of Europe
TL
TL
Environment. Recommendations for IDA “next steps”
Business Advisory Services for member enterprises. Mgmt. needs analysis, consultancy work (BPR, MIS, HRD
etc..). Design, organisation and conduct of training of trainers Programme.
SME advisory Services to individual clients & associations: included

re-engineering transit & storage enterprise in Lusaka airport

quality control and process flow in floriculture

improving and streamlining procurement policies

analysis of individual farms to evaluate coffee exporter’s weaknesses (GMPs)

examine the effectiveness of tobacco farmer’s operations and Association

study of the export bottlenecks an the commodities’ production environment
Establishment of a business incubator for agro-industrial production. Responsible for setup of training school and cursus design and training of trainers in a series
of ongoing short term missions. Throughput: 2000 trainees p.a.
In the framework of a co-financing agreement for consultancy inputs, study of the Island’s major consultancy needs: restructuring textile, watchmaking, light
industry, sugar plantations & distilleries and tourism sectors.
For national tuna fisheries industry, logistics and management skills and training project coordination for 1.5 man / year project. (GMPs).
Strong focus on process productivity, yield, GMPs, Quality control and training.
Technical
Auditor
Audit and impact assessment of the PEE projects funded in Spanish regions.
Member of evaluation committee (technical expert).
Economis
t
Project
Manager
Study of export potential for Europe of high-value added tropical agriculure products. Production capacity, procurement and logistics analysis
Managing
partner
ISO9000 / TQM quality control conformity. For both SME and major industrial clients: preparation; monitoring and evaluation of manufacturing productivity.
Systems analysis; re-engineering; management systems implementation (MIS), organisation of seminars. For small and medium manufacturing enterprises,
specialised in questions of redeployment training, job loss compensation, after-cost cutting, redundancy generating, stream lining of enterprises.
Communi
cations
Manager
Team
Member
Communications & Marketing Manager for a quarterly lobbying journal in French, German, English. Major European issues of political, economic, regional
development. Audience of European parliamentary, administration and political figures.
After 1994: foreign correspondent & contributor to articles and interviews
Conducted in-house management audit, operations flow-chart and designed an internal training programme for local line managers. Role in the design and
implementation of procurement systems.
Team
Member
Economis
Joint Venture investment, Swiss Food Processing Company contact with administrations, firms and universities, participation in preliminary market and
feasibility studies.
Traveling with potential investors throughout Romania and particularly in Moldavia and Transylvania. Desk research at OECD, World Bank. Goals: create
public/private sector development seminars. Project leader, 300 hour training cursus for public/private sector senior executives and entrepreneurs in management
related disciplines, sponsor co-financing from (Volkswagen, Bull, Credit Lyonnais, France Télécom.........).
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funding, SME
development.
t
linkages between local Government and/or industry and potential investment partners from France with special emphasis on:

privatization / restructuring.

joint ventures, barter trade

upgrading, restructuring, privatisation, closing of municipal services.
Consolidated macro economic data on Romanian economy into an 80-page report, lecture to an international forum, funded by the Council of Europe, in Paris;
with participation of Romanian Government.
‘90
SRI LANKA
ELF/CERADA
(NGO)
TL
Design study of an incubator for start-up businesses, including an agricultural training center and experimental farm, based on high-yield & low-water usage and
limited irrigation.
Establishing of budgets (1.5 million US-$), administration structures and linkages with Sri Lankan government.
Work on all administrative, procurement and strategic aspects of the design of the project.
’90
CONGO
AGRICONGO
(NGO):
Trainee
Manager
Feasibility study for an agricultural incubator project, small- holder rural development and intensive mixed cash crop farming. Particular effort on the humus
generation, effective irrigation and choice of appropriate water-based crops.
Emphasis on project administration and training.
’89 –
’90
LIBERIA
EU Funded Project
‘87 /
‘89
EUROPE
Management Trainer:
Alexander
PROUDFOOT
Intl.+33 1 55 24
3700,
www.alexanderproud
foot.com
Assistant
to Project
Manager
Senior
Trainer
Responsible for Administration and Project logistics for a study of a strategic evaluation of Nimba Iron mines and the possible rehabilitation and modernization
of the railway to Buchanan and the port terminal.
Tasks included project administration and participation in field visits to the sites.
(Management Consultancy andSystems, 1500 staff worldwide).
Clients included: Barclays Bank, British Aerospace, United Biscuits, Marks and Spencer, Rowntree Mackintosh - entirely responsible to clients for design, time
scale budget (10,000 - 50,000 GB£) of management training package, as a member of 4-10 person team.
Methodology: Process Analysis, Systems critique, re-design and testing
Principal client objectives:

profit enhancement, effective use of all resources

improved control of work flow and better response to off-norm conditions

assistance through training, assist employees made redundant

installation and instructions in structural controls for a pragmatic approach to effective management
‘85 /
‘86
TANZANIA
COGEFAR (World
Bank funded).
Assistant
to Admin.
Manager
Assistant Admin. Manager. Responsibilities included:

supervisory duties: hiring, training, supervising, mediating work relations

administrative duties coordinating relations with Tanzanian government offices

organising company security, travel and transport logistics planning. Operating

controlling 12 vehicle motor pool & 2 company planes.
‘80
ITALY
Ministry of foreign
affairs (France)
First
Class
Aide de Camp to Admiral leading the French military mission to NATO (CINCSOUTH) in Bagnoli, Naples.
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14. Country Experience
OECD:
Belgium, France, UK, Spain (2), Italy
E. Europe:
Romania (2), Hungary (2), Lithuania (2), Ex-Yugoslavia (3)
ECOWAS:
Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Mali, Cameroon, Burkina Faso
Rest of Africa:
Zambia (6), Liberia, Tanzania, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, D.R.Congo
(3): No of missions:
East Asia:
Sri Lanka (3), Vietnam (4), China (PRC), Bangladesh
(underlined: LT or repeats) Maghreb: Tunisia (3), Algeria, Morocco (3)
(italics: island economies) Central Asia:
Afghanistan
Mid.East, W.Asia: Lebanon (14), Jordan (4), Syria (10), Yemen, Egypt (10), Israel, Kuwait
Indian Ocean:
Madagascar (2), Mauritius, Maldives (6), Djibouti
Latin America:
Venezuela (3), Dutch Antilles, Aruba (14)
SIDs / EU OCTs St Kitts & Nevis, St Pierre et Miquelon, Mayotte, Greenland, French Polynesia, Dutch Antilles, Falklands, St Helena, New Caledonia, Caiman Islands, Saint
Vincent, Kerguelen, Vanuatu (New Hebrides), Wallis and Futuna
Last CV update: August 2016
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