These types of projects typically involve one or more of the following activities:

• Assembling project teams, which may involve recruiting, hiring and training local staff, arranging for and integrating technical, industry and sector specialists for the teams.
• Day-to-day management and administration of the consulting teams. Assuring adherence to contractual terms and quality control and timeliness of deliverables.
• Closely liaising with client counterparts, including regular progress meetings and reporting.
• In some cases, coordinating with other consultants regarding complimentary projects running at the same time.

Representative engagements

In post-conflict Iraq, for Research Triangle Institute –

Provided field-level project financial management of USAID funded projects for RTI International. Projects included Local Governance (initial contract $241.9 million and follow-on of $107 million) and Training Model Primary care Providers ($22 million).

In post-privatization Russia, for Price Waterhouse -

Conceptualized and managed a project to provide advisory services to a large integrated steel producer in the Ural Mountains. The project involved assembling a multi-disciplinary team to gather an understanding and provide a strategic assessment of the company. To augment the PW team, steel industry experts were brought in from United States Steel to assess the production aspects (quality of facilities, processes and outputs as well as costing of the products.) The team also examined levels of employment, financial health, asset valuation issues and general management of the company. Based upon the results of the assessment, strategic options were developed and on-going assistance was provided to management to implement selected options."

In pre-privatization Turkey, for Price Waterhouse –

In World Bank funded projects, managed multi-disciplinary teams to help prepare two State-owned organizations (Fertilizer industry and Sugar industry) for privatization. These projects were primarily capacity/institutional building in nature. PW was able to provide fertilizer industry experts for the first project and British Sugar provided sugar industry experts for the second project.

In Uganda, for Price Waterhouse –

Provided project management for all consulting projects in Uganda. The more significant projects included World Bank funded engagements for East African Development Bank; Uganda Post and Telecommunications; and Uganda Ministry of Industry and Technology – Public Industrial Enterprises Secretariat

In Switzerland, for Price Waterhouse –

Established the Management Consulting practice for the Geneva Office. This was done as a “start from scratch” assignment and involved recruiting and training staff while at the same time analyzing and entering the market and obtaining and executing projects. The target was to “breakeven” in three years. I managed to achieve that target in two years and the practice became profitable in the third year.