Principal Consultant / Head of Business Development
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Qualifications MSc Resource Management, University of Edinburgh (UK), 2001; BSc Environmental Studies. University of Vermont, Burlington, United States, 1998. Scott is a policy and institutions specialist with more than 11 years relevant experience working in public sector forestry and organisational change from national processes to grassroots level. He has a capability to guide strategic planning within dynamic forest sector reform processes in developing countries, predominantly in Africa. Scott recently completed a 2.5 year assignment as the 'Forestry Transaction Advisor' supporting the establishment of the Kenya Forest Service - a state corporation under the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife - through a dedicated change management process (USAID/World Bank/Finland, 2007-2009). Acting in a similar capacity, Scott was the 'Institutional Development Advisor' in Uganda advising on the successful formation of the semi-autonomous National Forestry Authority under the Ministry of Water, Lands and Environment (DFID, 2002-2004). During both reform processes Scott has brought high-level advisory support in public sector reform - strategic planning, organisational restructuring, corporate governance, business management, budgeting and finance, human resources, recruitment and performance contracting. Scott also specialises in the development and monitoring of national forest programmes with a policy competence and to draw out institutional implications, strategies and actions. As team leader, he completed an Africa study covering 10 countries that identified best practices necessary to improve the coordination of national forest programmes and their ability influence on other development priorities, e.g., poverty reduction strategy processes (FAO, 2005-2007). Scott also elaborated international best practice guidelines to support in-country teams to effectively manage national-level participatory policy processes (FAO, 2004-2005). His career on national forest programmes started with an innovative global initiative - the Programme of Forests (UNDP, 1999-2000). Scott has designed projects and worked for a variety of public sector clients in Kenya and abroad - DFID, EC, FAO, Finland MFA, UNDP, UNEP, USAID, World Bank. He is looking after business development and marketing operations for LTS International in the east African region. Countries Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ghana, Kenya, Montenegro, Namibia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Zambia |  |
