2019 – 2024 Making of a business unit in the Ghana Red Cross Society for water and sanitation service deliveries. With the Carbon Credit support through Myclimate (myclimate.org) to repair and extend the water services to finally reach 60’000 persons in at least 15 villages. Originally funded by Nestlé and implemented together with IFRC and Ghana Red Cross. Approach to introduce cost recovery to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
2016 – 2020 Establishment of water service company Yme Jibu in Goma (Eastern DR Congo) together with Fontes Invest AS and three local partners. Business approach to recover all costs from services to enable the social enterprise for further extension of services and scaling up of models.
Since 2015 Consulting and business development within the water and energy sector for rural and semi-urban Africa. Negotiations, business plan, investor contacts, cooperation through networks, modular infrastructure developments.
2011 – 2023 St. Gallen University Switzerland, teaching as guest lecturer in “Leadership in Disaster management” and “Practical Leadership in Development Aid Projects”. Supervision of Bachelor and Master students. Last courses given together with Prof. Dr. Lehmkuhl about New Development Challenges in Africa – Change
Management towards Sustainability in Development Cooperation.
2012-2014 Managing Director of A-Aqua AS, Norway with strategic, administrative and human resource responsibilities towards selling of emergency products in the water and sanitation sector, as well as of developing of concepts and projects in drinking water and waste water infrastructure.
2013-2014 UNICEF Dr Congo: Supply chain analysis for handpumps and spare parts in Eastern DR Congo. Consultancy through A-Aqua AS, Norway. Field studies, compilations and reporting in cooperation with Fontes Uganda Ltd and Yme Grand Lacs, Goma.
2012-2013 University of St. Gallen: Facilitator and professional leader of preparation seminar for “Challenge the Best” with focus on Water Scarcity. Guiding and coaching of 40 master students during 3 days.
2012-2013 Fletcher School of Tuft University, Boston, and St. Gallen University, Switzerland: Facilitator and professional organizer of the international “Globe Leadership Seminar”, Talloires, France, in September 2012.
2011 Norwegian Red Cross: facilitator during Field School in Nepal for the training of Red Cross/ Red Crescent delegates in field operations. 2.5 weeks in November.
2011 Norwegian Afghanistan Committee: Conducted workshop and field work for local and international staff on Disaster Risk Reduction at community level in Badakhshan, Afghanistan. Preparation, training of local staff, mapping, compiling of data. Proposal for further work.
2011 Norwegian Red Cross, Operational leader for Training in Emergency Response Units, Health and field hospital, Eidene, Southern Norway, inclusive preparation and planning.
2011 NOREPS (the Norwegian Emergency Response System): Market analysis of needs and supplies in the sectors energy, water, sanitation and shelter in the changing situation of recent emergencies with focus on Haiti Earthquake and Pakistan floods.
2010 Norwegian University for Life Sciences in Ås: teaching and preparing e-learning course on Disaster management and water/sanitation in emergencies; under progress.
2010 Haiti Earthquake: Team leader for the Norwegian/Canadian Red Cross ERU Hospital in Petit Goave for 6 weeks. Disaster management in a complex environment after the earthquake providing health services at a hospital and in the communities. Team of 25 expats and 35 local staff, as well as integration into a hospital of 120 local staff.
2009-2010 Norwegian Red Cross: project manager and initiator of development and set-up of prototype of sanitation solutions for Rapid Deployment Hospital and Full Referral Filed Hospital.
2009 – Researcher on hydrogeology related to gyrodactylus problems in Norwegian salmon river, specifically Vefsna, Veterinaer Instiutt, Trondheim.
2008-2009 Consultant for Scandinavian Water Technology AS, Norway, in technical operations and production, management, quality control and assurance.
2008-2011 Mozambique: Project manager of Water Project implementation in Quissanga as a CSR project for Statoil (Norway), planning, technical design, practical implementation, community mobilization, hydrogeology and training.