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Agence France de Developement (Aye & Partners Consultants)Senior Consultant - International Development
Mar. 2022 - Jun. 2022Paris, Île-de-France, France*Review of activities and staffing complement of private sector financing activities of major international development agency client (PROPARCO). *Provided strategic counselling and advice on way forward 2022/2028 with regards to their staffing requirements worldwide in view of expected increase in donor activity.
BRD (Rwanda Development Bank)Senior Finance Advisor - Renewable Energy Project
Jan. 2019 - Dec. 2020Kigali, RwandaSenior Finance Advisor (1/1/2019 – 31/12/2020)
*Providing results based management expertise to Senior Energy Manager on Project Management of World Bank funded Renewable Energy Fund. * Assisting commercial banks in obtaining loans from fund for on lending to clients in renewable energy space. * Ensuring risk management profile of clients matches Development Banks tolerances. * Ensuring all project reporting at an acceptable standard for World Bank Task Manager review. * Innovative capital markets fund raising ideas.
* Ensuring installations of solar home systems in rural areas along guidelines and government projections. * Review of all Rwanda Government documentation on the award of the Fund to BRD, production of Inception Report and monthly reports on project progress and Fund disbursements.
African Development Bank GroupConsulting Team - Senior Member
Jan. 2017 - Jul. 2017Abidjan, Cote d'IvoireProvided expertise to the Senior Vice President Department on the review & application of the Delegation of Authority Matrix of the Bank, following the restructuring of the operations departments with the creation of the Regional Office structure. Assisted with the scoping and needs assessment of the Internal Service Level Standard Project in support of the Delegation of Authority Matrix as part of a Consulting Team of four consultants.
International Labour OrganizationChief Finance Africa Region & Senior Finance Officer - Africa Region
Oct. 2001 - Dec. 2015Geneva, Switzerland• Project Manager of move of Africa Regional Office from Addis Ababa to Abidjan & re-opening of ILO Cote d’Ivoire Country Office. Duties include renovation of Abidjan ILO Complex.
• Project start up assistance to ILO Bangladesh office on Rana Plaza garment manufacturing project.
• Financial and management counsel to the Africa Regional Director, management of the Africa Region and ILO Treasurer based at ILO HQ in Geneva. • Review/monitor field implementation of internal audit recommendation implementations at all ILO field offices & report to Africa Regional Director & ILO Treasurer. • Conduct finance training at all Africa Country & Project offices.
• Review/monitor field foreign exchange transactions with a view to centralization at HQ Geneva. • Business Continuity Management assistance for HQ and all field offices. • Risk management reviews, finance (budget preparation and monitoring, treasury management, financial accounting and reporting, expense review, internal audit follow-up, external audit relations and follow-up), administration (infrastructure selection and management, human resources selection and management, documentation, security) information technology (information technology and communications equipment selection, installation and management). • Higher caliber of recruits and increased “in service” training. Resulting in more effective and more accurate data input.
• Updated ILO Africa region data communications infrastructure in anticipation of IRIS - ERP system being brought to the Region.
• Senior Security Officer for the Africa Region. Organized and executed the evacuations of (25) international staff and their families twice from Abidjan during political crises period. Successfully rented the Abidjan Complex to other UN agencies which contributed over US$750,000 per year for five years to its running costs.
• Maintained good relations, visibility & contacts within governments of countries where the ILO has offices.
Maryland Aviation AdministrationBudget Director
Aug. 1999 - Aug. 2001Baltimore Washington International Airport, Linthicum, Md.
Africare Inc (USAID Contractor).Country Director - Senegal, Cabo Verde, Gambia.
Jul. 1994 - Sep. 1999Dakar, Senegal
OIC International Inc (USAID Contractor)Finance Specialist
Jan. 1990 - Jun. 1994Buea Cameroon, Lagos Nigeria, Monrovia Liberia.
New York State Urban Development AgencyManager - General Accounting
Mar. 1985 - Dec. 1987New York City, New York
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