Shivdi Singh

Consultant @Intellect Management Services

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Shivdi Singh is a development professional with over 15 years of experience in implementing multi-country decentralized development programs. Originally from Trinidad and now based in the United Kingdom, Shivdi holds a Master’s Degree in International Development from the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK. Her expertise spans sustainability consulting, private sector engagement, supply chain due diligence with a focus on human rights, and economic development strategies. Throughout her career, Shivdi has contributed to a wide range of initiatives across the Caribbean and beyond. She has worked extensively on local economic development projects, serving as a Country Manager for the Caribbean Local Economic Development Programme and as a Project Manager for the Economic Development Board of Trinidad and Tobago. Her work has also involved providing advisory support to companies on improving supply chain due diligence, with a particular emphasis on addressing social and environmental risks. Shivdi’s experience includes independent consulting on capacity development for business support organizations, research on South-South trade and investment, and municipal development planning in Trinidad. She has collaborated with diverse stakeholders, including private sector entities, national and local governments, academia, civil society, and the public sector. Her professional engagements have been funded by prominent international organizations such as USAID, Global Affairs Canada, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), GIZ (German Aid), and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). Shivdi has developed extensive networks and work experience across the Caribbean. Her work has also taken her to East Africa, India, and Georgia.

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Work Background

Ethical Tea PartnershipBusiness & Innovation Lead

Nov. 2022London, England, United KingdomWorking with tea companies across the industry to collaborate and adopt responsible business practices that aim to address sustainability issues in the supply chain.

twentyfifty ltdBusiness and Human Rights Consultant

May. 2021 - Nov. 2022London, England, United Kingdomtwentyfifty are a consultancy working with global businesses to help them understand and address their impacts, enabling them to lead change that benefits business and society.

NUADA ConsultingResearcher

May. 2020 - Aug. 2020CaribbeanShort term consultancy to research climate finance and climate change programming across the Commonwealth member countries.

NUADA ConsultingProject Manager

Jul. 2019 - Jun. 2020Caribbean3-year European Union-funded project to build the capacity of 25 CSOs to engage with extractive and mining companies in an effort to collaborate and understand the environmental policy framework of T&T and to lead data-driven accountability efforts to improve environmental transparency of the extractive sector in Trinidad and Tobago. 3 years / 428,000 EURO programme

Institute of Development StudiesResearch Assistant

Dec. 2018 - Jan. 2020Brighton, United KingdomMy research specifically looked at identifying best practices and lessons learnt from the Supporting Indian Trade and Investment for Africa (SITA) programme. To identify key lessons learnt from the programme’s activities and best practices for south south cooperation I analysed project reports, performance indicators and semi-structured interviews to capture project experiences, critical success factors and barriers. I worked on qualitative research and case study interviews using NVIVO (qualitative analysis software), conducted data analysis and developed timelines to map interventions against outcomes.

MesopartnerRegional Integration and International Business Facilitator

Nov. 2017 - May. 2018Caribbean NationsIndependent consultant with the consortium of Mesopartner PartG and SISTME which was selected by the Compete Caribbean Program to assess and strengthen the capabilities of ten (10) selected Business Support Organizations (BSOs) from eight (8) small vulnerable island states (Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines) to promote clusters. My work focused on the capacity development of business development organizations to offer business cluster support to Caribbean companies in St. Lucia, Guyana and St. Vincent.

CARILED - Federation of Canadian Municipalities InternationalCountry Coordinator

Sep. 2015 - May. 2017Trinidad and TobagoManaged the implementation of the Caribbean Local Economic Development (CARILED) programme in Trinidad and Tobago. CARILED was a regional development project implemented by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities International focused on capacity development of local governments, private sector and NGOs to support economic growth of their municipalities.

Economic Development Board Trinidad & TobagoProject Manager

Mar. 2015 - Sep. 2015Trinidad and TobagoResponsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation and completion of economic development projects in the North Coast Growth Pole, Trinidad.

CH2MIndependent Consultant- Development Planning

May. 2014 - Dec. 2014Trinidad and TobagoSupported the multi-disciplinary team in conceptual land use planning for the Master Plan - North-West Peninsula and Off-shore Islands, Chaguaramas Development Authority, Trinidad & Tobago

Interplan Associates- TrinidadLand Use Planner

Aug. 2006 - Dec. 2013Trinidad and TobagoLand use planner with a multi-disciplinary team on several development planning projects focusing on local area planning of informal settlements and municipal development planning.

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