Ask me how I can help with your digital development / digital transformation / ICT4D strategy, product development and/or project management.
I have worked at the junction of development programming & digital technologies for 12+ years since completing my Masters’ degree in ICTs for Development in 2012; in UK charities, INGOs, Southern civil society and the private sector, up to Director/co-CEO level.
I am equally comfortable in strategic advisory roles, as leading teams in project delivery or product development – as a consultant or as an employee. I apply strategic critical thinking and a collaborative approach to my work whether that be thought partnership, policy development, network building or tangible product and project delivery.
I have a particular interest in and experience of participatory and inclusive approaches to the use of digital technologies in a development context, recently broadened to explore how the #ShiftThePower movement and Digital Transformation can work together effectively, and am recognised as something of a ‘thought leader’ in this space.
Previous jobs and clients include Frontier Tech Hub, ILO, Save the Children UK, NetHope, CRS, UNICEF, On Our Radar, the UN Foundation’s Digital Impact Alliance, Practical Action, Chemonics, FHI 360, Oxfam GB and Aptivate (including work for the World Bank, DFID and the Nigerian government) – working and living in the UK, Kenya, Peru, Brazil and the US.
My current primary interest is exploring the intersection of Digital Transformation and the #ShiftThePower movement – what opportunities are we missing to harness the changes in power dynamics that digitalisation brings, to support shifting potwe, decolonialisation and locally led development. (I also convene a global online community on this topic, you can signup here if interested)
Other core skills focus around Strategic advice and guidance, Digital development policy, ICT4D implementation (including project management, facilitation and relationship building), and Research.
For more details, download my full CV.
You can also read my published research here and please don’t hesitate to contact me to discuss how I may be able to help.
Recent posts
- Is something big happening in Research?Matt Shumer’s “Something Big Is Happening” has gone viral – and understandably so. His core observation is hard to argue with: AI capability – most notably in coding but also… Continue reading Is something big happening in Research?
- AI 4 who? Can we influence who controls AI technologiesThe Digital Power Shift #2 (Feb 2026) AI is surfacing assumptions about power and control that digital development has long discussed but in reality has largely avoided confronting. This is… Continue reading AI 4 who? Can we influence who controls AI technologies
- Where Should International NGOs Start Their Generative AI Journey?A few weeks back I had a really energising conversation with Bert Maerten, the International Program Director for Oxfam Denmark. Like many in his position, Bert was looking to make… Continue reading Where Should International NGOs Start Their Generative AI Journey?
- SLOW AI: Generative AI as meta-thought-partner(This was first posted to my LinkedIn profile on Feb 1, 2026) ☕ A slow weekend morning and I was mulling over my work – not so much “am I… Continue reading SLOW AI: Generative AI as meta-thought-partner
- Flipping Shadow AI from problem to assetMost organisations treat Shadow AI as a problem to suppress: a compliance failure, a governance gap, a risk to be eliminated. The language gives it away. Shadow. Rogue. Unauthorised. Something… Continue reading Flipping Shadow AI from problem to asset
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