Riwilo Masulani, CMgr MCMI (MBA, M.Sc)

Greater Nottingham

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Timeline
Jan 2000 - Sept 2004
Senior Scientific Services Officer
Zimbabwe Parks & Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks)
Sept 2008 - May 2023
Water Resources Permitting Team Leader
Environment Agency
Current Company
May 2023 - now
Principal Permitting Manager
Mining Remediation Authority
About me
Chartered Manager of The Year 2024
Education
- University of zimbabwe
  1999 - 2002
  Bachelor of science (bsc) agriculture management upper second division (2.1)
- University of reading
  2004 - 2005
  Master's degree wildlife management and conservation pass
  Activities and Societies: Recipient of British Chevening Scholarship In partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree programme, I completed a research project on "An evaluation of trends and characteristics of elephant (Loxodonta Africana) protection in Chewore and Nyaminyami areas of Zimbabwe. Conclusions from the project were that elephants could best be protected not solely by international treaties and conventions, but by managing land tenure systems and habitats so as to create adequate elephant range areas and increasing monitoring efforts and… Show more In partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree programme, I completed a research project on "An evaluation of trends and characteristics of elephant (Loxodonta Africana) protection in Chewore and Nyaminyami areas of Zimbabwe. Conclusions from the project were that elephants could best be protected not solely by international treaties and conventions, but by managing land tenure systems and habitats so as to create adequate elephant range areas and increasing monitoring efforts and activities that enabled gathering of intelligence that aided regulatory efforts at providing protection. The course also covered key conservation subjects that included Quantitative methods for life sciences, Population dynamics, Aquatic Resources Management, Current Issues in conservation, Mammal conservation, G.I.S for wildlife managers, Pollution and wildlife, Species and habitat conservation, Conservative genetics, Vertebrate pests and Practical Wildlife management Show less
- Nottingham business school, nottingham trent university
  2017 - 2019
  Masters of business administration business administration and management, general
  Activities and Societies: Recipient of 2017 Nottingham Business School Dean's Scholarship Award for Academic Excellency https://www.ntu.ac.uk/study-and-courses/courses/our-students-stories/business/riwilo-masulani
Experience
- Zimbabwe parks & wildlife management authority (zimparks)
  Jan 2000 - Sept 2004
  Senior scientific services officer
  • Advised on scientific issues for setting annual quotas of animals for sustainable sport hunting in Zimbabwe.• Participated in international advisory forums on wildlife conservation, including Safari Club International conventions and CITES Conference of Parties.
- Environment agency
  Sept 2008 - May 2023
  • Led water resource licensing team at Environment Agency to promote sustainable water resource use and minimize environmental impacts for UK businesses and landholders.• Developed and implemented strategies to ensure compliance with water resource regulations and enhance environmental sustainability.• Lead Team Leader for licensing training programmes to enhance skills in water resource management, licensing and resilience. Awarded Environment Agency's Value difference : Include Everyone Award for helping shaping recruitment processes to be more inclusive and offering a unique perspective to help the group take an inclusive approach on all people management issues. Made permitting decisions on projects that brought UK's legacy oil production facilities to modern regulation standards and set precedence for regulating onshore oil and gas exploration and production in UK.
  - Water Resources Permitting Team Leader
    Apr 2021 - May 2023
  - People Advisor to Operations, Regulation Monitoring, Customer People Group
    Sept 2020 - May 2023
  - Permitting Officer/Senior Permitting Officer
    Jan 2010 - Jan 2021
  - Biodiversity Technical Officer
    Sept 2008 - Dec 2010
- Mining remediation authority
  May 2023 - now
  Principal permitting manager
  • Manages permitting functions at Mining Remediation Authority, ensuring high-quality permissions service delivery.• Led a multi-disciplinary team to win the Authority's Shine award for Team Exemplar.• Awarded the Chartered Management Institute Award of Excellence for Chartered Manager of year 2024 for strategic leadership in service delivery and collaboration.
Licenses & Certifications
- Finance for non-financial managers
- Understanding transactional analysis
  Ashridge executive education, hult international business school
  Feb 2021
  View certificate
- Finance for non-financial managers
  Zimbabwe institute of public administration and management
  Oct 1996
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Riwilo Masulani, CMgr MCMI (MBA, M.Sc)
  CMI Award of Excellence - Chartered Manager of the Year 2024 Chartered Management Institute Nov 2024 Winner of Chartered Manager of the Year. The Chartered Manager of the Year Award is an accolade that celebrates excellence in professional development. It recognises individuals who have made significant progress in their careers and consistently demonstrate a dedication to improving their skills and abilities.In 2023/24 CMI research has shown the positive difference that great management and leadership makes – to organisations, teams and the world around them. This award recognises… Show more Winner of Chartered Manager of the Year. The Chartered Manager of the Year Award is an accolade that celebrates excellence in professional development. It recognises individuals who have made significant progress in their careers and consistently demonstrate a dedication to improving their skills and abilities.In 2023/24 CMI research has shown the positive difference that great management and leadership makes – to organisations, teams and the world around them. This award recognises the individuals who embody those skills. Show less
- Awarded to Riwilo Masulani, CMgr MCMI (MBA, M.Sc)
  Coal Authority Shine Awards 2024 Team Exemplar Award Coal Authority Jun 2024 The team Exemplar Award is given to the team (either standard structure or project based) who have demonstrated key skills and values to ensure we work as one customer focused, Coal Authority. I led the Permitting Stakeholder Engagement team that won the award. The team comprised colleagues from various teams withi the organisation.
- Awarded to Riwilo Masulani, CMgr MCMI (MBA, M.Sc)
  Finalist for Chartered Manager of Year 2022 Award Chartered Management Institute Aug 2022 Shortlisted amongst the top 6 candidates for Chartered Manager of year 2022
- Awarded to Riwilo Masulani, CMgr MCMI (MBA, M.Sc)
  Chartered Manager Chartered Management Institute Aug 2021 This Chartership status awarded by UK's Chartered Management Institute is the ultimate accolade in management. The Chartered Manger is in recognition of my status as a professional manager, the positive impact I make in my career, my commitment to Continuous Professional Development and adherence to Chartered Management Institute's Code of Practice.
- Awarded to Riwilo Masulani, CMgr MCMI (MBA, M.Sc)
  Local Recognition Award Environmnet Agency Oct 2020 Award was given in recognition of my leadership in devising and implementing an inclusive process for selecting candidates to attend a leadership training event. I ensured that the selection process was fair to anyone with leadership ambitions and that the selected candidates represented all national regions. I eliminated bias by assembling an inclusive selection panel that represented most of the protected characteristics, which eliminated unconscious bias.
- Awarded to Riwilo Masulani, CMgr MCMI (MBA, M.Sc)
  Dean's Scholarship Award for Academic Excellence Nottingham Business School Jan 2017 I got the Award for my write up on my reflections on how various leadership styles impact on staff motivation. The write was published as part of Nottingham Business School's Leadership series is available on pages 10-11 of Spring 2017 Link Magazine published at http://152.71.98.7/nbs/document_uploads/193702.pdf
- Awarded to Riwilo Masulani, CMgr MCMI (MBA, M.Sc)
  British Chevening Scholarship Award UK Foreign and Commonwealth office Sep 2004 Awarded scholarship to pursue further studies at Reading University, UK
- Awarded to Riwilo Masulani, CMgr MCMI (MBA, M.Sc)
  Environment Agency 2022 Award for "Value the difference : Include everyone" category Environment Agency