Five things, done properly.

The offer stays narrow on purpose. These are the areas where the practice has deep experience.

I keep the offer narrow on purpose. These are the areas where I’ve done the work long enough to be useful quickly.

Sustainability & ESG Strategy

For companies and organisations that need to move from commitment to operation.

ESG and sustainability strategy aligned to CSRD, EU Taxonomy, SFDR and GHG Protocol

Human rights due diligence across operations and value chains, grounded in the UN Guiding Principles

CSR programme design that connects to core business rather than sitting beside it

Internal policy, safeguarding and governance frameworks

Anchored in: the SDGs, the Paris Agreement, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

Evaluation & Impact Assessment

Independent evidence about whether something worked, and why.

Mid-term, final and real-time programme evaluations

Impact assessments and outcome analysis

Equity and inclusion analysis: who is reached, who is missed, and what stands in the way

Situation analyses and needs assessments, including in post-disaster and hard-to-reach settings

Applied across: humanitarian and development cooperation, climate action, social inclusion, child rights and human rights protection.

Funding & Partnerships

Getting the funding and managing the reporting.

Getting the money, and then surviving the reporting.

Grant writing and proposal development for EU instruments, international organisations, foundations, and private donors. Donor relations and partnership management. Due diligence, compliance, and grant management systems. Partnership strategy across government, civil society, and the private sector.

Capacity Building & Organisational Change

Making sure the capability stays after I leave.

Training and capacity development for teams, partners, and civil society organisations. Organisational development and change management. HR advisory, team design, and coaching for managers with sustainability and safeguarding responsibilities.

Advocacy & Strategic Communications

Turning technical work into influence.

Policy advocacy and positioning at national and EU level. Stakeholder engagement and participatory processes. Strategic communications for institutions that need credibility.

How the work runs

Senior and direct.

Small, senior, direct.

You work with the person doing the work, from first conversation to final handover.

You work with me, not a rotating account team.

Every room, every level. Ministers and ministries, boards and donors, field teams, municipal officers, parents and young people. Each conversation carries something the analysis needs, and the work is better for taking all of them seriously.

Rights-based by default. Gender-sensitive, safeguarding-conscious, and attentive to who is being left out. This is what makes programmes work, not a compliance step at the end.

Built to be handed over. Every engagement should leave your team more capable of doing the next one without outside help.

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