David Michalski – Deputy Director:  Horn of Africa Research and Consultancy Centre 

 

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

Other:

• Trained as a carpenter’s apprentice with GA Duck Contracting (1985-1990)

• PPD (Preparation for Primary Departure) (MSF)

• BMC (Basic Management Course) (MSF)

• TLC (Technical Logistics Course) (MSF)

• CGM (General Management Course) (MSF)

• CMT (Crisis Management Training) (MSF)

• Media Training (Al Jazeera) 

• Headquarters Security Management Workshop (RedR Organization)

• Horn of Africa Course by the Rift Valley Institute (RFI)

 

Work Experience:

• Experienced as a Professor at the Masters Programs, 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 work across Canada.

 

Skills:

• Reputation of innovation and operational creativity:

  • Co-designed projects that have received the internal MSF award for innovation in2009 and 2011 selected from hundreds of active and planned projects.

  • Designed and led the implementation of the first telemedicine project in MSF history (located in Somalia).

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

• A combination of academic achievement, technical trade, 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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