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What excites me about social enterprise

Emma Ahmed is Reall’s Head of Operations for Asia. She is a senior leader with more than ten years’ experience in international development and successfully growing social enterprises with in-depth specialism in South Asia. Here she shares with us her perspectives on the role of social enterprise in the context…

Emma Ahmed - Head of Operations – Asia, Reall16 December 2019

Articles Asia Thought Leadership

In conversation with: Sean Culhane – Leveraging Local Talent to Achieve Vital International Development Goals

Sean Culhane was Chief of Operations for the IMF’s Institute for Capacity Development from July 2013 until December 2018. During that time he led large multi-disciplinary teams to build centres in China and Mauritius that were comparable in size and scope to the centre in India featured in this article.…

Oxford HR28 November 2019

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Blinded by the Light: Maps, values and the importance of skillful navigation in International Peacebuilding

Jeremy Astill-Brown is the Co-Founder of Acacia Development Associates, which provides policy analysis and advice on development to public, private and for-purpose organisations working in Africa and elsewhere. I used to live and work in the capital of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa. My day job was focussed on conflict and…

Jeremy Astill-Brown - Co-Founder, Acacia Development Associates28 October 2019

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Takeaways from the UN Climate Summit 2019

James Lloyd, Strategy Director and Project Lead for Nature4Climate and Natural Climate Solutions stakeholder manager at The Nature Conservancy. Working at the interface of strategic communications and external affairs for nature and climate change, he worked for over a decade as an adviser, first in Westminster in the UK and…

James Lloyd – Project Lead, Nature4Climate2 October 2019

Articles Asia Thought Leadership

In Conversation with: Hasin Jahan

Bangladesh Country Director, Practical Action For women in Bangladesh, as well as the rest of the Asian subcontinent, being employed does not always equate to being empowered. Achieving professional excellence is extremely challenging in general, but it is all the more difficult for women in my country, Bangladesh. Working women…

Oxford HR16 July 2019

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In Conversation with: Christel Amadou

Head of Human Resources, Global Green Growth Institute 1. Tell us more about the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), and what is meant by ‘green growth’? The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) is a treaty-based international, inter-governmental organization established in 2012 at the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development…

Oxford HR3 June 2019

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3 Things we Learned about Diversity and Inclusion at our Amsterdam Launch Event

Diversity and inclusion are not the same thing, and they might not mean what you think New buzzwords quite often spring up to express similar ideas. Diversity has been around for a while, and inclusion is definitely the new firm favourite. Both do seem to be enduring, so getting to…

Emer Byrne10 April 2019

Articles Europe Thought Leadership

In Conversation with: Mihaela Ionasc

Thoughts on Gender and Diversity A few years ago, at a large international HR Conference, I attended a workshop with a thought provoking title: How to fail at Diversity and Inclusion? Finally, I said to myself, we are looking at the elephant in the room. After many years of analyzing…

Oxford HR2 April 2019

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Female Leadership & Inclusion in International Recruitment

At Oxford HR, we are passionate about equity and inclusion. We are proud of our search practices and how they have enabled us to recruit strong women and candidates of diverse backgrounds into leadership roles. We are convinced that more should and can be done. That's why we want to invite…

Claudia Cordova6 March 2019

Africa Articles Thought Leadership

In Conversation with: Susan Wakhungu-Githuku

Susan Wakhungu-Githuku is the Founder & CEO of Human Performance Dynamics Africa, Susan previously worked at the Coca-Cola Company as the Eurasia & Africa Group Director for Coca-Cola University. In this capacity she was responsible for learning and development initiatives in 90 countries globally. Q: “Why do we have such…

Oxford HR13 February 2019

Thought Leadership

What excites me about social enterprise

In conversation with: Sean Culhane – Leveraging Local Talent to Achieve Vital International Development Goals

Blinded by the Light: Maps, values and the importance of skillful navigation in International Peacebuilding

Takeaways from the UN Climate Summit 2019

In Conversation with: Hasin Jahan

In Conversation with: Christel Amadou

3 Things we Learned about Diversity and Inclusion at our Amsterdam Launch Event

In Conversation with: Mihaela Ionasc

Female Leadership & Inclusion in International Recruitment

In Conversation with: Susan Wakhungu-Githuku

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