Experience

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  Aduki pty ltd

  Jan 1993 - Dec 1994

  Economist

  Based in Canberra, with travel to Viet Nam, focussed on consultancy services for companies working in Viet Nam. Research and collated annual Statistical Yearbook for our clients, and responsible for marketing of our bi-annual publication Vietnam: Economic Commentary and Analysis.

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  Attorney-general's office

  Jan 1995 - Apr 1995

  Editor/researcher

  Responsible for compiling and writing up of information into Country Profiles on legal development in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, on behalf of the International Legal Services Advisory Council (ILSAC)

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  Various organisations

  May 1995 - Dec 1996

  Consultant

  Worked as independent consultant in Vietnam and Laos, mostly for international NGOs as evaluator, trainer etc. Also project coordinator for Australian Attorney-General's Office (international conference on legal development in Hanoi).

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  Ngo resource centre - hanoi

  Jan 1997 - Dec 1998

  Director

  Based in Hanoi, Vietnam, together with my team, I provided services to the NGO community, bilateral and multilateral donors. These services centred around information provision and facilitating of collaborative work. Also served as link between Vietnamese (government) counterparts and the International NGO community. Transformed its annual Directory of International NGOs in searchable database, thus providing additional services to the wider aid community.

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  Icco

  Feb 1999 - Jan 2000

  Project officer

  Responsible for the relations with partner organisations in Vietnam

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  Both ends

  Feb 2000 - Oct 2000

  Programme coordinator, multilateral banks
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  Icco

  Nov 2000 - Sept 2007

  Responsible for ICCO's (development assistance) programme in Cambodia, 25 partner organisations, annual budget around € 1.5 million. Advocating on behalf of ICCO and its partners to Dutch and European decision makers (MPs, MEPs and government officials) on a variety of issues, such as illegal timber imports, Indonesia, Great Lakes region

  • Programme Officer

    Jan 2005 - Sept 2007

  • Advocacy Officer

    Nov 2000 - Dec 2004
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  Aprodev

  Nov 2002 - Nov 2004

  Chairperson, policy & advocacy group

  16 European development aid organisations are members of APRODEV. The main objective of APRODEV is to influence decision-making processes in the European Union institutions as these affect developing countries, in order to promote justice and peace, and the eradication of poverty. The Policy and Advocacy Group (PAG), which is composed of senior policy staff of the member organisations, advises APRODEV on the formulation and implementation of the Strategic Plan and the annual work programmes. I was a member of the group in the previous two years, before I was elected chairperson. Show less

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  World wide project management services

  Mar 2008 - Jun 2010

  Project & systems coordinator

  Managed various projects on behalf of World Wide's clients. Successfully designed, tendered for and executed study tours of overseas government officials to Australia, funded by Australian Government.

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  University of south australia

  Jul 2011 - Apr 2015

  Manage and expand relations with sponsors of international students at the University. Instigate design and implementation of financial and monitoring systems to improve management of sponsored students. Contribute to recruitment and placement of Australia Awards students. Build internal networks to both grow and manage international sponsored student numbers.

  • International Sponsor Relations

    Apr 2010 - Apr 2015

  • (Acting) Coordinator: International Relations & Market Development

    Jul 2011 - Dec 2011
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  Flinders university

  Apr 2015 - now

  Manager, international partnerships (sponsor relations)

  I build and manage relationships with Australian and overseas scholarship organisations ('sponsors'). I engage with Australia Awards and other scholarship students on their choice of university. I also work with internal university stakeholders on improving provision of high quality service delivery to sponsors and their students.