Senior Facilitator | Organizational Development Practitioner | Executive Coach

Senior facilitator, OD practitioner, and executive coach with 18+ years of international experience convening diverse actors around complex, high-stakes challenges in politically sensitive environments.

Authority gained in having led multi-country portfolios ($27M–$161M) across the Middle East, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, and South/Southeast Asia, holding responsibility for outcomes and the stakeholders affected by them. British and Jordanian national; Arabic and French speaker; experienced working across the Arab world and other Muslim-majority and fragile contexts. On the World Bank’s facilitator and trainer roster, with current engagement supporting the World Bank team assessing KSA’s Vision 2030 progress and next steps. PMP-certified; Georgetown-trained in Organizational Development & Change Leadership and Leadership Coaching.

Selected Impact

• World Bank facilitator & trainer roster. Delivered leadership training to 18 cohorts of World Bank Team Leaders and Supervisors; cohorts recorded a 16% improvement in leadership scores. Currently supporting the World Bank GCC Prosperity team leading the Vision 2030 assessment and next steps.
• Senior convening in politically sensitive contexts. As Chief of Party in Malaysia, led multi-stakeholder engagements at national government with Parliament, ministries, anti-corruption bodies, and civil society to identify leverage points for reform; as Chief of Party in Nigeria, convened state government, military, civil society, and community stakeholders around shared priorities for countering violent extremism.
• Participatory strategic reviews. Designed and facilitated multi-day design sprints for USAID and IOM programs in Mozambique, Malaysia, and Nigeria, adapting strategy to evolving political and operational realities and improving staff ownership.
• Inclusive leadership & psychological safety. Facilitated psychological safety/inclusive leadership workshops for American Chemical Society; coached USAID Tajikistan staff leading organizational change for climate action; led environmental justice consultations between leadership and communities for EPA.
• Executive coaching. ICF/Co-Active aligned; coached senior leaders on communication, influence, and strategic decision-making; prepared clients for public-speaking engagements to audiences of 2,000+.
• Crisis & continuity leadership. Led Afghanistan evacuation, post-attack operational continuity, and risk preparedness in Sudan and Haiti, maintaining decision discipline under pressure.

Core Competencies

Countries of Professional Experience

Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Chad, Ghana, Iraq, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Malaysia, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, UK, USA, West Bank.

Languages

English (native); French (B1 proficiency); Arabic (B1 proficiency).