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Kerrie Howard MBA
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Independent senior consultant, strategic planner, project manager and researcher
, Non-profit, United Nations and IGOs
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Brighton,
United Kingdom
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International project and programme manager with record of building collaboration, leading strategic planning and supporting delivery in innovation and change. 13 years' management experience in research, advocacy, human rights and gender, planning, risk, finance, communications and human resources. As a researcher, author of many reports changing international and national policy and law. |
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Area of Expertise: |
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Administration, Management, Finance/Accounting, Procurement
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Human Rights, Law, Migration, Conflicts, Justice
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Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research, Analysis
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Private Sector, Social Enterprise, Corporate Social Responsibility
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Social, Education, Gender, Youth, Child
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Professional Experience: |
As an independent consultant since 2012, Kerrie has worked with several international clients. In 2014 she supported UNFPA to develop a new regional strategy and Moog Inc. to develop corporate social responsibility plans from a few initiatives to a global approach. In 2013 she worked with CIDSE/ACT Alliance to advance the aid effectiveness agenda on the enabling environment for civil society. Prior to becoming a consultant Kerrie worked with Amnesty International for 17 years, eventually becoming deputy regional director (Americas) overseeing programme management, strategic planning, research and advocacy on human rights, women's rights and gender, civil society, governance, security, justice and accountability. Kerrie guided AI's research teams in many new and complex areas: for instance, policing and gangs in Jamaica; migrants and insecurity in Mexico; the U.S. embargo against Cuba; HIVAIDs in the Caribbean; the prohibition on abortion in Nicaragua, post conflict Guatemala, human rights defenders in Colombia and the Haiti earthquake disaster.
Kerrie has experience across four continents: Canada, U.S.A., Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Panama, Belize, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba, Guyana, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Malawi, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Hong Kong, India and Australia.
Kerrie’s testimonials
Esteban Caballero, deputy regional director, UNFPA, said, Kerrie “structured a set of complex issues and gave us the capacity to identify major bottlenecks ... and prioritize ways to overcome them…[she also] introduced new facts, concepts and ideas that took us several steps forward in our plans to change and deliver our new global strategy. Kerrie's approach was effective because she is driven by a desire to see us achieve impact, and to do so, she assumed a much needed role of critical partner. She is also systematic, on time and practical.”
Hamish Ferguson, global head of talent, Moog Inc., said “Kerrie’s thorough and insightful approach won the support of the senior global human resources team as well as senior business executives…. Throughout this process of change and discovery, Moog has been guided by Kerrie as we have reached different hurdles and challenges…. she has been thoughtful, professional and innovative in her recommendations, enabling us to continue our forward momentum while building engagement within the organisation.”
Kate Gilmore, former deputy executive director, Amnesty International, said, Kerrie has “a leadership ability that is keenest in the areas of strategy and innovation. I have seen her grow small ideas into large organizational strategies with overarching outcomes in global and financial growth. She often helped lead her peers … in devising new work and solving organizational problems. Her personable style, enthusiasm, resilience and eye for opportunities make Kerrie a valuable asset".
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Education: |
PhD Candidate (part-time): University of Bath, Corporate Social Responsibility and Strategy, expected 2020; Awarded a Faculty Graduate School Scholarship. The School of Management ranked 8th in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework of 2014
MBA (Distinction & top of class): University of Bath, School of Management, 2011–2012. Final MBA project: Strategy and corporate responsibility. Additional MBA electives: knowledge management; risk management; strategic branding; and, strategy for sustainability. Ranked by the Economist as 2nd in the UK, and 25th in the world's top 100 MBA programmes. Voted University of the Year in 2011 by the Sunday Times.
Awards: The Moog Inc. scholarship, 2011; 2012; Winners of BP prize for best Operations Project, 2012; Winners of Knowledge Management, 2012.
BA Honours (2:1) Spanish & Latin American Area Studies, Portsmouth University 1988-1993.
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
In the U.K. Kerrie has served as a non-executive director for a UK-based Community Interest Company (CIC) and currently serves as a fellowship councillor for the Royal Society of the Arts (RSA). Kerrie was invited to become a fellow of the RSA in 2011 in recognition of her contribution to human rights in the Americas.
In 2013, Kerrie chaired a public event on civil society at the Stockholm Human Rights Fair. She is frequently asked to speak on master courses at the University of Bath.
Kerrie has won two significant scholarly awards for merit: the first an MBA scholarship and the second a Graduate Scholarship.
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Available for: |
- Consulting assignments
- Job opportunities
- Internships / Fellowships
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