• International professional experience of over 40 years. 
• Education: Beaux-Arts (France) and Columbia University (USA). 
• Initial career start in regional planning and architecture, concentration on works in the housing and infrastructure sectors, city planning, tied to community development and organization; subsequent focus in management of large scale projects funded by the United Nations system (UN, UNDP, UNCDF, UNOPS, etc).
• Broad, multi-faceted professional experience, with both private sector (Europe and the USA with architectural/ planning firms) and public sector (Africa and the Caribbean with NGOs and International Agencies).
• Consistent top quality services for a wide variety of projects type worldwide. 
• Languages: French, English, some Spanish, Haitian creole and several African languages (Kinyarwanda, Kiswahili)
  • Member of International Society of City & Regional Planners (ISOCARP) - American Delegation
  • Representative of ISOCARP to the UN/ECOSOC since 1984
  • Member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation (USA)

• Over 12 years of International experience in the development, implementation and management of private and public sector projects, policies and strategies in the Asia-Pacific, Africa, Americas, and the European region.
• Initial career start in advertising and marketing (United Kingdom, West Africa and Lebanon), conducting media campaigns and negotiating contracts for exclusive distribution / marketing rights of large companies (Seagram, BAT, South African Breweries, Unilever, others).
• Joined the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as an Economist working on African Economic Policy Making, progressing on to a Policy Advisor and Coordinator for Global and 2 Regional IT for Development Programmes (Africa and Asia-Pacific), activities ranged from setting up national Internet Gateways to development of National IT Policies. In 2002, stationed at UNDP HQ with the Bureau for Resources and Strategic Partnerships working on Partnership development between UNDP and non-UN partners. In 2005 on loan to the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services working on evaluations and inspections of UN Secretariat Programmes
• Special skills in Project management, Negotiation and Marketing, Risk and Contingency Planning, Knowledge and Change management, Fund raising and Evaluation.
• Languages: English, French, Kiswahili, Hindi
  • Advisor to WAFUNIF's Peace Advisory Board
  • Conference Board of Advisor on Corporate Social Responsibility,
  • Ford Foundation's Social Science Research Council,
  • Strategic Agenda (a multimedia company)
  • Institute for Development Policy, University of Palestine

THE PARTNERS (for profiles, see biographies)

Dr. Ali M. AZIMI (USA)
Focus: Energy and Environment

Joël CARETTE (France)
Focus: Land development, ecology, teledetection, hydrogeology, cartography

Abdoulaye DJEGAL (USA / Senegal)
Focus: Water Resources Management, Sanitation, Social Development, Poverty Alleviation, Hygiene Education, Impact Assessment

Moncef KHOUIDI (Tunisia)
Focus: Macro-economy

Chantal Martine LAURENT (France)
Focus: Post-disaster and post-conflict recovery (LRRD), Municipal governance, Urban/rural land-use planning, watershed management, architectural conservation, cultural heritage, gender mainstreaming in development

Mpoyi Bajikila LUKUSA (USA / Congo)
Focus: Transport Engineering and Planning, Economics

Maarten POOLMAN (Holland)
Focus: Engineering with overall management and design/supervision: roads, bridges, buildings, dams, irrigation canals, water supplies

Bernardus VAN GOOL (Holland)
Focus: Procurement and contracting (equipment and supplies), auditing and management services