business developer and sustainable developmentbusiness developer and sustainable development

Key Achievements:

• ESG Integration & Business Growth: Spearhead the embedding of ESG principles across all business functions, directly linking sustainability performance to commercial strategy, brand equity, and long-term growth targets. • Community Partnership Development: Design and manage community-focused programmes, including a flagship partnership with local women's groups, documenting socio-economic outcomes to support stakeholder reporting and investor communications. • Circular Economy Project Management: Lead end-to-end circular economy initiatives — eliminating single-use plastics, rolling out refillable packaging systems, and restructuring supply chains towards responsible sourcing. • Capacity Building & Training: Develop and deliver sustainability training programmes for internal teams and retail partners, building organisation-wide capacity for climate-conscious operations and ESG compliance. • Sustainability Reporting & Metrics: Establish and manage ESG performance tracking across energy, materials, and waste streams, producing regular impact reports to inform business decisions and external disclosures. • Business Development Research: Translate applied research on circular economy, renewable energy, and plastic pollution into actionable market strategies and new product/service development opportunities.

Key Achievements:

• Project Leadership – TED Countdown Summit 2025: Directed all ESG and sustainability programming for a high-profile international summit, integrating carbon mitigation, zero-waste systems, and live emissions tracking across multi-venue operations. • Measurable Carbon Impact: Achieved 2.2+ tonnes of CO2 reduction through coordinated low-carbon logistics and targeted diesel substitution, delivering verifiable environmental outcomes against project targets. • MRV Framework Development: Built sustainability reporting frameworks grounded in MRV principles, capturing waste diversion rates, emissions mitigation, and climate impact data for project documentation and stakeholder reporting. • Vendor & Community Stakeholder Engagement: Mobilised vendors and community stakeholders to adopt climate-friendly procurement and operational practices, achieving event-wide compliance with sustainability standards. • Sustainable Infrastructure Design: Designed eco-conscious event infrastructure including sustainable signage, responsible food sourcing protocols, and full elimination of single-use plastics across all venues.

Key Achievements:

• Carbon Project Development & Management: Managed full project cycles for community-based reforestation and land-use change initiatives under AFOLU methodologies, including the Kaptagat Tree Planting Initiative (2024), achieving a 90% tree survival rate through participatory community management models. • Carbon Credit Programme Design: Supported the design and compliance review of carbon credit projects under Verra and Gold Standard methodologies, ensuring rigorous MRV alignment with Kenya's NDC goals and buyer requirements. • Community-led FPIC & Rights-based Processes: Facilitated Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) processes with local communities, strengthening community ownership, trust, and long-term project viability across diverse cultural contexts. • Cross-border Project Coordination: Coordinated delivery of multi-jurisdictional projects across three time zones, improving operational efficiency and stakeholder alignment across remote and peri-urban communities. • Impact Reporting & Co-benefit Documentation: Developed monitoring frameworks and impact reports quantifying environmental and socio-economic co-benefits for community, buyer, and regulatory reporting requirements. • Partnership & Community Network Building: Cultivated strategic partnerships with community leaders, government agencies, and NGOs, advancing inclusive, rights-based climate action and expanding the organisation's project pipeline.

Key Achievements:

• Stakeholder Engagement Strategy: Strengthened stakeholder engagement frameworks, contributing to a 20% increase in engagement and productivity across sustainability-aligned project portfolios. • ESG Communications & Transparency: Produced ESG communications that built stakeholder trust, enhanced corporate transparency, and positioned the organisation as a credible sustainability actor in the market. • Revenue-generating Campaigns: Designed and executed community and sustainability campaigns that generated $100,000+ in revenue while elevating brand visibility for socially responsible products.