Joseph Dickman

• Over 20 years of experience and leadership positions in a variety of multilateral, philanthropic, government, and non-governmental organizations working internationally on issues of climate change, environment, poverty alleviation, and a range of other sectors and themes relevant to sustainable development. • Extensive experience advising and implementing strategic design, implementation, evaluation, and learning of programs and investments, engaging with senior policy- and decision-makers, setting organizational and departmental priorities, managing staff and work streams, and pioneering new initiatives. • Technical knowledge and expertise in climate change, environment, and other areas of sustainable development, in research, evaluation, knowledge, and learning using a variety of methods and approaches, and in grant-making, climate and development project finance, and program/project design, management, and implementation. • Depth and breadth of international field experience covering over 20 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe, including challenging working environments, with fluency in French and Spanish. • Excellent leadership, management, and team-building skills; collaborative working style with strong diplomatic and inter-personal skills; results-oriented with robust analytical and strategic thinking skills; strong written and verbal communication skills; effective cross-cultural and adaptive skills. • Diligent, well-organized, committed, and hard-working, with a proven ability to successfully implement strategic, innovative and impactful initiatives resulting in enhanced institutional, programmatic, and policy-level outcomes.