Employment History
February - March 2010
Short Term Expert: Production of three short animations on behalf of the FAO to visualise the surface water temperature changes that have taken place in Lake Malawi, Lake Tanganyika and Lake Victoria since the mid 1980s.
December 2009-present
Freelance: Author of websites related to policies, strategies, practices and innovations for lowering carbon emissions: www.lowcarbonoptions.net and blogsite www.lowcarbonoptions.org (both under development, expected completion date May 2010)
November 2009-January 2010
Short Term Expert: Undertaking a study on behalf of the FAO to determine the effects of climate change on the fish communities, composition and productivity in Lake Malawi, Lake Tanganyika and Lake Victoria.
October-December 2009
Short Term Expert: EuropeAid/125153/D/SER/Multi African Transboundary River Basin Support Programme – case of the basin of the Orange-Senqu River in Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa. To prepare a framework for the development of recommendations to support the management of water environmental quality for the Orange-Senqu River System, and to develop water resource management objectives to support this process.
August 2009
Appointed Director - Water Resource Associates, Ltd
December 2008-present
Freelance: Proposal management for international consultancies; Co-author of website related to climate change: www.climatedata.info
January-December 2008
Associate at Scott Wilson Ltd. Responsible for business development in the field of international water management
August 2007
Founder member of EMA Ltd. (www.ema.com.mk) Established in 2007, EMA (Environmental Management Associates) is an environmental management and consulting company located in Skopje, Macedonia.
March-September 2007
Team Leader representing Arcadis Eurosonsult (NL) for the EU project “Technical Assistance for Water Quality management of the Arda River".
January 2006-November 2007
Team Leader representing a consortium of Euroconsult Mott MacDonald (NL), Mott MacDonald (UK) and Eptisa International (Spain) and GEING (fYROM) for the project for ‘Improvement of the management of transboundary water resources in the Vardar/Axios river basin’
June-November 2005
Team Leader representing a consortium of Project Management Ltd (Ireland) and Sogreah Consultants (France) for the EU project “Integrated Management of the Waters of Nestos/Mesta River Basin” .
April 2002-June 2005
Programme Coordinator: United Nations (UNOPS) for the GEF/UNDP Black Sea Ecosystem Recovery Programme
September 1998-January 2002
Project Manager: Halcrow Group Ltd. Responsible for delivery for a range of environmental projects relating to environmental quality objectives, freshwater quality status, economic instruments for nutrient reduction, environmental protection and strategic environmental investments.
September 1991-July 1998
Project Manager: WRc plc. Responsible for delivery for a range of landfill management and leachate treatment projects funded by the UK government, in line with the development of the EU landfill Directive. Involved in the improvements to EU legislation for detergents, including assessment of the EU Code of Conduct for the Detergent Agency (AISE). Novel method development to detect aerial contaminants and their effect on front-line species.
1989-1991
Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Essex: Anaerobic treatment of industrial and municipal waste containing high levels of sulphate. (funded by the Dept. of Environment)
1987-1989
Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Oklahoma: In-situ bioremediation: Mechanism for microbial movement in subsurface materials (funded by the US Environmental Protection Agency)