Mark is a Senior Manager at Agulhas, providing technical leadership and delivery across Agulhas’ portfolio of climate related work. As a key member of the Agulhas Climate Hub, mark provides management and technical support to a range of projects relating to climate change, adaptation, resilience, agriculture, biodiversity and nature, just transition, and international development.
Mark is also Programme Director for the work that Agulhas conducts as the head of the service provider consortium supporting the fourth phase of the UK’s Independent Committee for Aid Impact (ICAI); the independent body that scrutinises UK aid spending. Mark leads on all aspects of programme management and oversight to deliver this four-year work programme for ICAI.
A skilled senior manager with a decade of experience of delivering projects across a range of thematic areas and client types, Mark is particularly interested in the nexus between sustainable human development and protection of the natural world. Mark has led data collection at all stages of evaluation, conducting qualitative as well as quantitative analysis. Previous roles include serving as a deputy team leader on climate-related reviews for ICAI, conducting research on climate adaptation, deforestation and agriculture for the FCDO’s Evidence Fund, and providing MEL leadership and support to large environmental philanthropic organisations. During his career Mark has managed, and assisted with, the delivery of complex mixed methods research projects and evaluations throughout Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America.
