Qualified in agriculture (PhD in crop physiology), and with occasional sorties into academia (Visiting Professor at Cranfield University ), John has been involved in the rural economies of African and Asian countries for five decades. In 1983, he set up his own business (Rural Investment Overseas) to work directly with…

Maria joined us in 2015 after volunteering with Amnesty International Spain. She holds an LLM in International Law, Globalisation and Development. Maria has extensive experience in delivering search assignments with multilateral and global international globalisations. She speaks English, Spanish, Catalan and Romanian, and has lived in Mexico, Turkey, Spain, the…

James Lloyd is the 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 then…

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…

As it comes to the end of 2019, you don’t have to look far to see key public figures pushing their leadership credentials. Fists being thumped on the table, fingers being pointed, manifestos made manifest. We have just had an election that has disrupted a nation, Brexit, Oxford Dictionaries declaring…

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.…

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…

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…

OxfordHR extend our huge congratulations to Winnie Byanyima on her appointment as the Executive Director of UNAIDS. OxfordHR were delighted to act as the Executive Search firm of choice for this role. Thibaut Mills, Director of Europe at OxfordHR states ”We had over 250 international, diverse applicants for this role…

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…