Brief Curriculum Vitae
Work Experience / Employment Record:
Since 2012 Bid Writer / Business Development Consultant, Progress & Development (own business) for international
development consulting firms and organisations;
2011 - 2012 Business Development Specialist, Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) Pty Ltd, covering Asia and the Pacific
2010 - 2011 Associate, Institute for International Development (IID), Adelaide, covering Asia and the
Pacific;
2010 Business Development Specialist, KBR Pty Ltd, Adelaide, covering Asia and the
Pacific;
2005- 2009 Senior Consultant, GFA Consulting Group, Germany (intermittent whilst based in Asia and
Australia), proposal writing, fact finding missions – health sector support/rural
development;
2005 - 2006 Consultant/Team Leader at UNDP Post-Tsunami Reconstruction, Aceh, Indonesia;
2003 - 2005 Regional Representative ACIL Australia Pty Ltd.(today: Cardno Pty Ltd.) based in
Cambodia, covering Southeast Asia, except Indonesia;
2000 - 2003 Consultant, GFA Consulting Group, based in Hamburg, covering Asia and the Pacific;
1996 - 2000 Deputy Regional Director/Business Development Manager, AHT Group Consultants
Jakarta, Indonesia (covering Indonesia and Malaysia);
1995 - 1996 Deputy Head of Department of PRO Management GmbH under AHT Management &
Engineering, Germany;
1992 - 1994 Programme Officer, UNDP / UNIDO, based in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Education
Further Training
Since 2012 Bid Writer / Business Development Consultant, Progress & Development (own business) for international
development consulting firms and organisations;
2011 - 2012 Business Development Specialist, Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) Pty Ltd, covering Asia and the Pacific
2010 - 2011 Associate, Institute for International Development (IID), Adelaide, covering Asia and the
Pacific;
2010 Business Development Specialist, KBR Pty Ltd, Adelaide, covering Asia and the
Pacific;
2005- 2009 Senior Consultant, GFA Consulting Group, Germany (intermittent whilst based in Asia and
Australia), proposal writing, fact finding missions – health sector support/rural
development;
2005 - 2006 Consultant/Team Leader at UNDP Post-Tsunami Reconstruction, Aceh, Indonesia;
2003 - 2005 Regional Representative ACIL Australia Pty Ltd.(today: Cardno Pty Ltd.) based in
Cambodia, covering Southeast Asia, except Indonesia;
2000 - 2003 Consultant, GFA Consulting Group, based in Hamburg, covering Asia and the Pacific;
1996 - 2000 Deputy Regional Director/Business Development Manager, AHT Group Consultants
Jakarta, Indonesia (covering Indonesia and Malaysia);
1995 - 1996 Deputy Head of Department of PRO Management GmbH under AHT Management &
Engineering, Germany;
1992 - 1994 Programme Officer, UNDP / UNIDO, based in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Education
- Honours Diploma in Freelance Feature Writing/Journalism, London School of Journalism, London, UK, 2006
- Post-Masters Certificate in Development Policies, German Development Institute, Berlin, 1992
- MSc (Macro) Economics, University of Heidelberg, 1990
Further Training
- Greening the Economy, Lund University, Sweden, Online Course, 2021;
- Certificate in COVID-19 Contact Tracing, Johns Hopkins University, Online Course, 2021;
- Municipal Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, MOOC, 2016;
- Certificate, PPP: How can PPPs help can deliver better Services , World Bank, MOOC, 2015;
- Certificate, Health for All through Primary Health Care, Johns Hopkins University, MOOC, 2016;
- Certificate Epidemiology: The Basic Science of Public Health, The University of North Carolina, USA, MOOC, 2015.
- Certificate, Our Earth: Its Climate, History, and Processes, University of Manchester, UK, MOOC, 2015.
- Bid Manager / Leader course, Sinclair Knight Merz, Melbourne, 2012.
- Workshop on Flood Mitigation and Disaster Preparedness Measures, World Bank, 2005;
- International Postgraduate Course on Cost Efficiency of Medical Systems, Siem Reap, Cambodia, 2003;
- Asian Development Bank “Clear Report Writing Course’, GFA Consulting Group, 2002.
