Here you can read about IMA International's Consultants and Trainers and Office team.
All our facilitators have extensive practical experience working as consultants in the field; they are also skilled facilitators in the classroom. You can request a consultant (or a group of consultants) for your short- or long-term input, or do a consultant search from 400 more consultants on our database.
Senior Associate Consultant
Silvia is a social development specialist and has been a senior consultant with IMA International since 2003. She specialises in monitoring and evaluation, participation, gender and communication and has extensive experience in training course design and delivery. Her overseas experience includes education training in Indonesia, and NGO project management in East Africa and West Africa. Before joining IMA, Silvia worked for the international NGO ACORD, managing projects, running participatory workshops with local partners and facilitating the development of numerous ACORD Africa-based policies. She has also worked as an adult education tutor for the University of Sussex in the UK.
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Senior Consultant
Steve holds a degree in business and is also a qualified International Trainer and Master Practitioner of neuro-linguistic programming (NLP). Steve has worked with INGOs in various countries and now trains on our People Skills courses worldwide.
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Senior Associate Consultant
Anthea Dickie is a highly experienced M&E Adviser, with an MPhil in Agricultural Economics and more than 25 years of experience, specialising in public sector capacity building.
She has recently been working as Programme Director of the Support to Reforming Institutions Programme in Nigeria, funded by the EC. She has also worked in Ethiopia, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad & Tobago, Uganda, the UK and Zambia.
Managing Director
Chris Grose joined IMA International as a Senior Consultant in 1997 after 8 years working as a training and extension specialist in Nepal and Bangladesh. He became Managing Director of IMA in 2001 and has overseen a growing international team working on capacity development initiatives since that time.
Today, Chris’ primary role is in business development and strategic partnerships. When training and consultaing, his interests lie in organisational assessment and development, particularly in post-conflict and fragile states. Chris has overseas experience in Afghanistan, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Uganda.
Senior Associate Consultant
David Hearle is a well-recognised strategic planning and institutions specialist with 30 years’ experience in Asia, Africa, Europe, South America and The Middle East. His experience as a Project Director, Consultant, Trainer and Team Leader covers a number of short and long term assignments for multilateral agencies, bilateral donors, NGOs and corporations. Sector experience includes Policy, Natural Resources, Engineering, Environment, Health and Education. As an educator and trainer he has been training and directing IMA courses in Australia, Botswana, Dubai, Kenya, Malaysia, South Africa, Thailand, and the UK since 1984.
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Training and Development Consultant
Tristan Measures regularly trains on IMA’s scheduled courses, manages and facilitates tailor-made courses and responds to requests for IMA consultants.
He is a Monitoring and Evaluation specialist and has a Masters Degree in Applied Development Studies from Reading University. He has expertise in M&E, Aid Effectiveness, Governance and Development Communications. Before starting at IMA, he worked as a Peacebuilding Researcher in Sri Lanka, for the Research and Policy in Development (RAPID) unit at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) in London, and he has further overseas experience in Kenya, Nigeria, Peru, South Africa, and Uganda.
Lead Consultant • People Skills
Linzi Moore has background in management and international development and thrives on using her experience across the private and public sector to help others achieve their goals.
She has coached, consulted and trained a variety of international organisations such as Christian Aid, Muscular Dystrophy Campaign and the Government of Rwanda. Her specialist areas include leadership, management development and teambuilding and she also facilitates a range of other people management subjects.
She has lived and worked in both Indonesia and Rwanda and has a passion for languages, speaking both French and Indonesian to a semi-fluent level.
Project Manager
Helena Raijas manages tailor-made training and consultancy projects as well as tender preparation and business development. She is a cultural anthropologist with long-term experience overseas in Lao PDR, and has also worked in Nepal, Kenya and Uganda with government counterparts, user committees, NGOs and CBOs.
Over the past two years, Helena has been consulting in Eastern Nepal on a Finnish government-funded environmental administration project to develop a Gender and Social Inclusion Policy and Action Plan.
Senior Associate Consultant
Julia Smith specialises in Performance Management Systems and builds the capacity of organisations and people. Julia originally designed IMA’s popular M&E course and often directs our training. She recently managed a project with WaterAid to strengthen regional teamwork and management effectiveness. Julia has experience in 19 countries and has a Masters in Social Development.
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Senior Associate Consultant
Lesley Williams is a gender, M&E capacity-building, programme evaluation and research consultant. She has cross-sectoral experience in rural development, aquaculture, gender and HIVAids programmes in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Afghanistan. Lesley also worked as a Government-appointed Director of a State education company for 7 years during a period of public sector reform and was a Senior Lecturer in Strategic Planning, Marketing Communications, and Research Methods in New Zealand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. She is a qualified trainer, has a Doctorate based on micro-enterprise development in Indonesia and a first Class Honours Degree in SME development and gender. Her recent work includes gender mainstreaming and setting up an M&E framework for the Pakistan Ministry of Women’s Development, and has conducted research for IOM-ARC in Aceh Indonesia to enhance the cluster and coordination efforts for future reconstruction projects.
View CVOur office team manages all the logistics, finance, communications and quality control for all our services. From our base in Hurstpierpoint, the team takes care of all the details from applications to contracts to stationery to market research. They ensure that we provide clients with the professional and friendly service they rely on and meet our business objectives.
Course Administrator
Luke Beasley joined IMA in April 2009 as Course Administrator. He is the first point of contact for all course enquiries, and processes all applications for scheduled courses. He handles course logistics, preparation of materials and provides administrative support to trainers and participants. He is also responsible for IT support within the IMA office.
Whilst working as a key member of IMA’s admin team, Luke is currently completing an NVQ in Business Administration through Central Sussex College. Luke has prior experience supporting a small Architectural firm in Lewes.
Operations Director
Alexander Davey came to IMA International early in 2009, after living overseas for 18 years, the last 8 years of which he spent working for large relief and development organisations, mainly in Indonesia, but also in East Timor and Pakistan. He has worked in a variety of management roles with NGOs and UN agencies.
Alexander supports Chris and manages all aspects of the daily running of IMA International. He works with the whole team, supporting the growth of the company, maintaining and improving our high quality provision of services, and ensuring that our services are constantly improved in line with the latest challenges within the international development sector.
Course Administrator, South Africa
Hayley Friend lives in Cape Town and has worked in education and community projects.She is presently working in an NGO which specialises in training community developers. Hayley often helps host international teams staying in South Africa. Hayley has recently joined IMA and assists with our training courses
in Cape Town.
Training and Development Assistant
Laure joined IMA In June 2010 for a six month internship as Training and Development Assistant. She works with the Tailor-Made Training and Consultancy team to liaise with clients, develop proposals, and negotiate contracts.
Laure has a BSc International Development and Globalization and is currently completing a MSc International Public Health Nutrition. She previously did an internship in Kenya working on HIV/AIDS and Nutrition, and has travelled and lived in North, West and East Africa, as well as Latin America , North America and Europe. She is fluent in French.
Marketing Coordinator
Ben Mitchell is an Affiliate Professional with the UK’s Chartered Institute of Marketing. His role consists of listening to market needs through market research, strategically planning how to meet those needs, enabling people to find our services, and helping to ensure customer satisfaction and retention.
Ben’s role includes the overall management of all IMA’s external communications, from our website to our advertisements and brochure.
With experience working in the tailor-made training team, Ben has in-depth knowledge of IMA’s operations and how we work with clients to design suitable programmes. He has worked and travelled extensively in Southeast Asia and various parts of Africa.
Office Administrator
Oliver Spiers joined IMA in September 2009 as Office Administrator. He is generally the first point of contact for telephone enquiries. He is in charge of ensuring our office is well maintained and always stocked up on all stationery and supplies. He helps to prepare our course materials and makes travel arrangements for consultants and facilitators.
Whilst working as a member of the IMA admin team, Oliver recently completed an NVQ level 2 in Business Administration through Central Sussex College. Now Oliver is completing his NVQ level 3 through Sussex Downs College. Before working with IMA, Oliver spent two years studying Sociology and one year working with a local landscaping expert.
Course Coordinator
Maren Thompson coordinates our courses, managing workflows and supervising participant enrolments. She also takes an active role in the Project Management Team, which has initiated a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Forum among UK-based organisations. Maren also supports the development and delivery of the M&E and Logframes courses.
Maren has an MA in Social Anthropology with Development. Her dissertation focused on education and children’s rights, based on field research in Bangladesh. Prior to university, Maren volunteered as a care worker in Peru.
Course Administrator, Southeast Asia
Orn-Anong Vasuratna, based in Bangkok, has worked with us since 2005. Her background is in natural resources and environment, and she has worked in NGOs and public sector. When Orn is not working for IMA, she works as a freelance
translator and interpreter, and runs a 'Nature Stay centre' in Northern Thailand.
Finance Officer
Jenny Viccars joined IMA in September 2009 as the Finance Officer. She is a Member of the Association of Accounting Technicians and brings with her many years’ experience in Accounts. For the last few years she has been working for a similar company so has a wide knowledge of training company accounts.
Jenny’s role includes all aspects of Company Accounts.
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