Education:     

• Masters of International Politics European Centre for International and Strategic Research/Centre (CERIS), Brussels, Belgium

• Honours Bachelor of Arts and Science McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

 

​Work Experience:

• Experienced as a Professor at the Masters Program, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, Canada

• Over 18 years of operational experience and leadership in conflict zones and more secure locations including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia, Botswana, Iraq, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Libya, South Sudan, Guinea, Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Bahrain, Lebanon, Liberia, Thailand, Burma, Belgium, United Arab Emirates as well as 15 years previous experience work across Canada.

 

Skills:

• Reputation of innovation and operational creativity

• A strong record of coaching, mentoring and promoting diversity, often in the face of institutional reluctance.

• A combination of academic teaching, academic achievement, technical trade experience, coupled with cross-cultural leadership and management experience that emphasizes innovation both in the private sector and in the humanitarian world

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