Kathleen has recently led strategic reviews of cross-government and multi-actor global strategies and regional portfolios, including: the UK’s Counterterrorism (Prevent) overseas strategy and delivery mechanisms; international support to West African/Sahel regional cooperation on intelligence, counterterrorism and organised crime; and Danish regional programming in the Sahel, Middle East and North Africa, and Syria neighbourhood. She works with policymakers, peacebuilders and defence and security/intelligence actors, to design and embed lean and practical systems to “stress test” their strategies and adapt on that basis. She has expertise in mixed method Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), conflict sensitivity, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) and advancing Women, Peace and Security goals.

Kathleen previously designed and delivered bespoke M&E services, including third party monitoring, across multi-million £ programmes, serving tens of thousands of households, in Afghanistan and Africa. She began her career with the UN and INGOs in complex emergencies, inter alia developing strategic communications, monitoring civilian/military operations for the UN’s Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) and delivering humanitarian aid and humanitarian-development-peacebuilding ‘nexus’ interventions in East Africa and Haiti.

Kathleen has a BA in History and African Studies from Princeton University and an MSc in International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies from the London School of Economics.

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