Department: Advisory Group

William Gustave is an Agronomist with a master's degree in animal production. He has solid experience working with Haitian and international civil society organizations in various development and humanitarian sectors. Since 2012, he has been facilitating workshops in project management for NGO and public sector leaders using the Dpro approach and coaching young leaders in the application of project management tools and methods. He also collaborated on the French translation of the 2nd edition of Project Dpro. As a consultant, he also conducts project and program evaluations and the capitalization of experiences. He believes that the continuous training of development and humanitarian sector managers is a good practice to contribute to making people more effective in helping vulnerable or crisis-affected communities.

Mahoudo Jules Aimé Bonou, MD, MPH, brings 20 years of experience providing technical assistance and clinical mentorship to large-scale HIV and TB projects in Benin, Burkina Faso, Mozambique and others countries, with a focus on optimizing service delivery, quality of care, professional training and skill building on project management. He serves as a master trainer and mentor in project management for a pool of Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) trainers based in twelve African countries and the United States. He has a history of close collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH) and other stakeholders in Mozambique through his involvement in the development of national HIV guidelines and. In his current role as Technical Director, Dr. Bonou provides in-country technical direction and support to EGPAF technical team and sub…

Maulline Gragau is an experienced legal, policy and legislative practitioner, scientist, internationally savvy and collaborative hybrid consultant with a history of stellar performance as a visionary leader and team player for innovating solutions that reduce inefficiencies and maximizes growth in firms, companies and non-profit organisations. She is not only used to wearing many hats but sincerely enjoys it! She is respected as a change agent who boldly questions the status quo, identifies opportunities where many believe there are none, and champions strategic initiatives that drive transformative legal, political, economic and cultural changes. She has done extensive work with policymakers, marginalized/indigenous youth and women in Israel, Russia, Germany, South Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Liberia, and Botswana. By enabling marginalized communities to access and apply ICTs and through open access of…

Don is currently the Global Director, Program Operations for Nutrition International and is internally leading the contextualization of Project DPro into organizational standards and practice to deliver health and nutrition outcomes in the most malnourished populations in Africa and Asia. A former Board of PM4NGOs, he also pioneered the development and adoption of the Project DPro methodology in Southern Africa during his time at World Vision in 2010-2012. A Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Don has a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, a BS in Economics degree at the University of the Philippines School of Economics, and completed an execution education course on Human-Centered Design Thinking at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, Stanford University.

Mazen Alhousseiny has completed his master’s degree on organizational Change and Development in the University of Manchester. He is currently working with Start Network as Training and Capacity Development Advisor. Developing the capacity of Start Network members and hubs on Disaster Risk Financing and Anticipation Actions. Designing training programs for individuals and organisations against the capacity assessments. Collaborating with educational and training institutes to accredit and quality assure the training programs. Enhance the effectiveness for anticipation actions through ensuring well capable organisations and their country offices. He has more than 9 years’ experience in humanitarian field in various positions focusing on projects/programs lead, partnerships management, organizational development and country director position for a variety of well-known Turkey based organizations (International NGOs e.g. Save the Children and CARE as well as…

Jane is a freelance trainer/consultant and most of the work she does is focused on project management or L&D support for the development and humanitarian sector. She has developed and delivered a variety of online, face to face and distance courses for clients including NGOS, government departments and UN agencies. Jane has been involved with the PMD Pro / Project DPro qualification for about 11 years and is level 2 qualified (and a Prince 2 practitioner). She strongly believes in the importance of project management skills in the development / humanitarian sector. Jane has written guidance on project management, for example working with Tearfund on the Roots 5 guide. She has also worked with several organisations to help them improve their project and programme management practices. This includes writing high…

I am the Project Management Training Lead at Save the Children International with passions for humanitarian, project management, learning & development, rock climbing, running, and languages. In my current role, I lead the design and delivery of online and in-person training to our global workforce, and in my spare time I advocate for staff rights and provide mentoring. I am certified in several project management qualifications and speak Italian and Spanish.

Amanda is a humanitarian and development practitioner with over 13 years of experience, specializing in project and program management and MEAL. She has worked with local, national, and international organizations, providing capacity building and consultancy services to support teams and organizations and is a Senior Trainer/Consultant at Genome Training and Consulting headquartered in Amman, Jordan. Amanda has been involved in the development of the Program DPro and led the process in redeveloping the Guide to the Project DPro V2. She is an advocate for localization and promoting best practices in project management, program management, and MEAL in the humanitarian and development sectors.

John Cropper has worked in the NGO sector for over 20 years. He worked for the British Council in Spain and Vietnam and he worked for Oxfam GB for 10 years. During this time, he was the Regional Programme Manager for Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean and later the Head of Programme and Project Management systems. His final job with Oxfam GB was managing ‘Raising Her Voice’, a global programme on gender and governance. At the beginning of 2011, John joined LINGOs as the Director of Project Services for LINGOs. LINGOs is a US registered NGO that has over 80 member organisations – all of which are international NGOs. LINGOs focuses on developing the skills and capacities of people working in International development. John manages all LINGOs’ project management…

Sam qualified as a Chartered Accountant in London in 2000, working in the charities department of Mazars. The following year she moved to Uganda where she has lived and worked ever since.  She started off auditing with a local audit firm with predominantly NGO clients, then moved to consulting and training with Aclaim Africa Ltd, with assignments in Ethiopia, Senegal, Tanzania, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, and Rwanda as well as across many districts in Uganda.  She was accredited as a Humentum (Mango) Associate trainer in 2004, and delivered the course that became the precursor to FMD Pro, as well as their training of trainers course. Sam spent two years as part time Chief Financial Officer of a tourism business before returning to the NGO world as Grants Management Advisor to VSO,…