Building Institutional Capacity

International Consultant/ Project Director

1997 –present UK, Naturex International Consultant/ Project Director  Implementing, backstopping for Private Sector Development, investment attraction, agriculture, tourism, infrastructure, health, SME, training projects in the following countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam.  Working with partners such as OSCE, EC, USAID, UNDP, SDC, SECO, …

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Economic Development Expert UNDP Strategic Advisor,

2009 -2011 Tajikistan UNDP Strategic Advisor, Economic Development Expert  Strategically positioned UNDP interventions for working in Private Sector Development, and Local Economic Development with national & local government  Developing institutional capacity, design regulatory reforms and improved governance initiatives for government ministries, national level agencies as well as regional and local level government outlets. …

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Transformation of Bosnian State Owned Institutions, Team Leader

2009 – 2010 Bosnia and Herzegovina Germany European Commission Naturex Consulting, BBC WST Team Leader, Transformation of Bosnian State Owned Institutions  535.000 EUR EC funded project: Establishing the Public Broadcasting System of Bosnia and Herzegovina.  Providing restructuring plan for the Public Broadcaster with 2,000 employees in cooperation with management.  Restructuring plan on …

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Strategic Advisor, International Business Council of Kyrgyzstan

2006– 2009 Kyrgyzstan GTZ Strategic Advisor, International Business Council of Kyrgyzstan  Providing strategic and operational guidance to the private sector of all Kyrgyz-based local and foreign businesses.  Member of President’s Investment Council, PPD platform sponsored by EBRD.  Member of Supreme Economic Council advising the Kyrgyz Prime Minister.  Member of the government-business …

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Senior EC Consultant Restructuring Radio Television Afghanistan and Bakhtar News Agency

2004–2005 Afghanistan, European Commission Senior EC Consultant Restructuring Radio Television Afghanistan and Bakhtar News Agency  EC project: Identification mission into restructuring state-owned RTA / Bakhtar agency, Senior EU Consultant Economist into public broadcasting services. Project size was 200,000 EUR.  Project resulted in proposal for EC engagement in restructuring Afghan public media with investment …