Operations is care, made measurable.
A short, honest bio.
I grew up convinced that good intentions weren't enough. Fifteen years later, I'm still convinced the difference is made in the operational details.
I work where participatory design, feminist principles and the unglamorous parts of operations meet. Most of what I do is build the scaffolding — calls for proposals, contracts, dashboards, evaluation frameworks — that lets local organisations move quickly when they need to.
The rest is listening: to grantees, to communities, to the people closest to a problem who already know the shape of its solution.
Fifteen years working between humanitarian operations, sub-granting, and participatory design — from refugee response in Iraqi Kurdistan to civil-society sub-grants across Yemen, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, Tunisia. Currently with Oxfam Italia and Disrupt Development.
How I work
Four principles, in practice.
Participatory by default
Tools designed with the people who will use them, in the language they actually speak.
Operationally rigorous
Compliance, audit trails and donor reporting that don't slow the work down.
Feminist principles
How power moves matters as much as how money moves. Designed in.
Learning, not theatre
Evaluations grantees actually read — and that change what we do next.