Training Material Authors - Biographical Summaries
Margie Buchanan-Smith
Margie Buchanan-Smith works as a consultant, trainer/ facilitator and coach in the international humanitarian aid sector, with expertise in both natural disasters and conflict-related emergencies. She has worked as a policy researcher on humanitarian issues for many years. She was a Research Fellow and Coordinator of the Humanitarian Policy Group at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) in London between 1998 and 2002, and worked as a Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex in the early 1990s. She also has direct experience of managing humanitarian assistance programmes having been head of ActionAid’s Emergencies Unit for three years and acting Policy Director for one year. She is an experienced evaluator of humanitarian relief operations, for international NGOs, donor governments and UN agencies. Since going freelance, Margie has developed a successful facilitation and coaching business. She designed and teaches a module on ‘Management and Organisational Change in International Organisations’ for Oxford Brookes University.
John Telford
John Telford is an Irish consultant in international aid (both humanitarian and development). Over 28 years he has worked as a practitioner, trainer, lecturer, analyst and evaluator, world-wide, especially in Latin America, covering both natural disaster and conflict related aid programmes. He now specialises in evaluation and training. He started his career as National Director of the Irish Section of Amnesty International. Following several years teaching in Colombia, he spent 6 years with UNHCR, including as a Senior Emergency Preparedness and Response Officer. He has subsequently worked with most major international humanitarian organisations (UN, NGO and donor agencies) and with affected governments and communities. He has lectured in Central American and EU universities and has been published widely, including major evaluations, specialised reviews and guidance materials and media pieces. He is based in France and speaks English, Spanish and French.
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