An internationally experienced Medical and public health specialist with a proven track record of successfully delivering development and humanitarian programmes that promote health, nutrition, adolescent related outcomes for women, adolescents, and children. Key strengths include: forging new partnerships to deliver fundamental changes; developing evidence-based strategies, policies, plans and programmes to address critical maternal and child survival and development and welfare needs; influencing key stakeholders such as donors, local governments and ministries by diplomatically forging new partnerships; commissioning research to assess the impact of diseases and other determinants; and securing multi-million $ funding for programmes to facilitate the realisation of equitable outcomes, including through strengthening health systems.