Country Experience: Algeria, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Chad, Djibouti, Ethiopia, France, Grenada, Haïti, India, Jordan, Lebanon, Madagascar, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Russia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United Kingdom, Venezuela.

Tim is a water and sanitation specialist, with extensive knowledge and skills related to the sustainability of WASH systems. He has more than 25 years professional engineering experience, which includes over 20 years working in low-income countriesand fragile states. His experience includes multiple categories of humanitarian crisis and response, protracted disasters, post emergency planning and long-term development.

Tim’s core competencies include: Cluster level coordination, needs assessments, programme design and management, monitoring and evaluation, community engagement, hygiene promotion, social accountability, and capacity building.

Tim has worked for several humanitarian-centred organisations, focusing on WASH and water governance. He also has extensive experience in coordination at the Global WASH Cluster level in several countries. He is a long-standing member of Registered Engineers for Disaster Relief (RedR) and has worked as a senior adviser in several INGOs and United Nations agencies.

Tim has a long history of working in both rural and urban contexts, including major water and sanitation projects, humanitarian responses, business case preparation and supporting water utility and institutional reforms. During his career, Tim has also worked on several renewable energy projects and is a committed environmentalist.

Tim has also undertaken several programme reviews, written a number of learning documents, contributed to several research projects, been involved in strategic programme designs, and organised several knowledge sharing forums. A current research strand is looking at sustainability issues in humanitarian settings.

Tim received a ‘Mastère Spécialisé (MS)’ from Ecole National du Génie Rural, Eaux et Forêts, in Montpellier France, for his thesis on The Use of Hydraulic Modelling in Systems Analysis. In addition to his MS, Tim holds a BSc in Combined Engineering Studiesfrom Coventry Polytechnic, and a MSc in Energy Conservation from Cranfield University. Tim speaks English, Bahasa Indonesian, French, Spanish and Portuguese.

Country Experience:Africa, Asia, North America.

Bobby is the Business Development Coordinator for Oxfam Consults and works in Oxfam’s Global Humanitarian Team. Before Oxfam, he worked for the British Red Cross.

Bobby has supported the development and expansion of the Oxfam Consults initiative. He is responsible for helping Oxfam Consults to identify work opportunities, leading on bid development, and managing contracts of successful bids. He is also responsible for establishing administrative processes, managing consultant relationships, information management and supporting on legal, contractual and HR procedures.

Bobby completed a Master’s degree in Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies

Maria is the Business Development Officer for Oxfam Consults. She is responsible for operationalising business development elements of Oxfam Consults.

Maria’s responsibilities include supporting the Business Development Coordinator in the expansion of the Oxfam Consults program and providing support on related issues, including administrative, communications, procurement, HR and finance. She also supports projects with the Gender Team, having experience in research.

Maria has a background in law, having completed part of her studies between Spain and Italy. Maria speaks Spanish, English, French and Italian.

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Anna-Louise is the Business Development Officer for Oxfam Consults. She is responsible for operationalising business development elements of Oxfam Consults.

Anna-Louise's responsibilities include supporting the Business Development Coordinator in the expansion of the Oxfam Consults program and providing support on related issues, including administrative, communications, procurement, HR and finance.

Anna-Louise joined Oxfam in 2017, initially working with the International HR Team in Oxfam Great Britain, before moving to the Global Humanitarian Team in 2018. She has a CIPD Level 5 in HR Management and a BA and MA from King's College, University of London.  Anna-Louise also works part time in the GHT as an HR Officer supporting the deployment of Humanitarian Support Personnel (HSPs) in the Logistics, Security, Safeguarding, Partnerships and Local Humanitarian Leadership and Programme Management teams.

Country Experience: Ethiopia, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan (Darfur), Uganda.

Asenath is a specialist in water supply and solar systems planning, design and implementation. She has more than 14 years engineering experience, including 10 years working in the private sector and over 4 years working in low-income countries and fragile states. Her experience includes leading the design and implementation of solar powered water systems for governments and aid agencies in both humanitarian and development contexts.

She has led the development of capacity within the WASH sector through development of reference material, documents, tools, standards and guidelines for quality implementation of sustainable water systems using solar energy.

Asenath has championed the mainstreaming of solar energy for water supply, by raising awareness among various stakeholders, including building evidence on its sustainability and cost effectiveness. Her work building the capacity of WASH engineers on solar energy has expanded its application in refugee camps, Internally Displaced Persons camps and marginalised rural communities for improved water service delivery.

Asenath holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Nairobi, as well as professional learning on the topics of solar photovoltaics, solar water pumping, water resources management and policy, climate science, public private partnerships that are crucial for planning, design, financing and implementation of sustainable water systems. She is currently pursuing an MBA in entrepreneur ship, focusing on the role of small businesses in expanding access to renewable energy which will be useful in exploring new models of service delivery to populations in fragile contexts.