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- Personal data
- Year of Birth
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- TAA Member No
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- Title
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- Forenames:
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- Surname:
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1947 |
771
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Mr
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John James
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RHODES |
- Record of posts and assignments
Year
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Job Title
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Organisation
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Country
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Responsibilities
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| 2010 |
Project Closure Specialist |
Economic & Social Relaunch of the Northwest Provinces (Vakakis International)
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Cambodia |
Assistance in preparation of Project Completion Report; project assets handover plan; and, reviewing and editing 19 individual Contractor’s Final Reports all in accordance with EC procedures |
| 2009 |
Rural Credit Consultant |
Belmont Management Consultants |
UK for Romania |
Co-author of concept paper for the development of a donor funded rural credit line facility in the Transylvanian Region of central Romania. |
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2005-09
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TA
Team Leader
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FISC-Rural Project (Vakakis International) |
Egypt
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Implementation
of MSSP follow-on EC funded Agri Credit Line programme incl. provision of
Technical Assistance, Institutional Support & Bank Training.
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2004-05
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Business Development Manager
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Vakakis
International
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Greece
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Preparation
of expressions of interest, technical proposals, tender documents and
selection of key experts for donor funded projects & programmes.
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1996-2004
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Chief
Technical Adviser
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Multi Sector Support Programme (MSSP) (Vakakis International) |
Egypt
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Team
Leader, implementation of EC funded Agri Credit Line programme incl.
provision of Technical Assistance, Institutional Support, Training &
Demonstration activities.
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1994-96
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Team
Leader
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Tacis
Demonstration Farms Project in Orekhovo-Zujevo,
Moscow
Region. (Vakakis International)
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Russia
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Implementation
of 8 different enterprise Demonstration Units on private farms incl.
training, overseas study tours & establishment of a District Extension
Service.
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1993
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Dairy
Sector Specialist
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Tacis
Sector Study in Pushchino and Serpukhov Districts of
Moscow
Region (HTS)
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Russia
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Undertook
extensive dairy sector survey incl. all
aspects of production, processing, marketing & distribution of milk and
dairy products.
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1993
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Agricultural
Adviser
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Arab
Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development (Crown Agents)
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Egypt
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Evaluation
of 23,000 ha Salhia Project providing recommendations to GoE re proposed
privatization of the project.
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1989-92
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Controller
of Agriculture
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Tanganyika
Wattle Company (CDC)
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Tanzania
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All
agricultural operations on 18,000 ha project incl. arable crops, seed
production, livestock, new irrigated tea & coffee developments.
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1985-89
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Senior
Agriculturalist
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Commonwealth
Development Corporation (CDC)
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UK
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Appraisal
of potential agricultural projects for CDC investment in Africa &
Central America
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1983-85
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General
Manager
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Irrigation
Authority of
Mauritius
(CDC)
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Mauritius
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Preparation,
design, implementation & management of 10 irrigation projects funded by
CDC, ODA, CCCE, IFAD and USAID.
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1978-83
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Regional
Agricultural Officer
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CDC
East
Africa
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Kenya
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Monitoring
of existing CDC agricultural projects in
East Africa
& identification of potential new projects for CDC investment.
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- Skills, expertise and qualifications
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- Principal Discipline
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Project Management / Agriculture & Rural Development |
- Subsidiary fields
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Agronomy; Rural Finance/Banking; Extension; Farming Systems;Project Management / Agriculture & Rural Development Irrigation; Monitoring & Evaluation; Plantation/Estate Management; Project Preparation/Appraisal. |
- Higher education
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BSc. Agriculture (Hons), 1970, Reading University; MSc. Agricultural Management, 1973, Reading University
Senior Management in Agricultural Development, Mananga Agricultural Management Centre, Swaziland, 1981
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- Countries worked in
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Belize, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, Russia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia.
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- Languages
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Arabic, French |
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