Ian Ralph

• Collected confidential financial information from clients to construct comprehensive financial and development plans.
• Communicated with clients to provide the highest quality of service and directly tailored toward their development needs.
• Devised and developed new and innovative cost-effective training strategies for clients within the context of the covid-19 crisis which will have a long-term impact on doing business in the future.
• As a new business start-up, engaged and a trained a BEE intern in international development practices.

• Promoted from General Manager to Group CEO for delivering exceptional performance.
• Member of Board and all sub-committees.
• Assisted the CEO to implement the Group strategy and oversee operational performance in line with targets.
• Head of Group Operation: Human Resources, Legal, Company Secretariat, Marketing/Communications, Business Development, IT/Strategic Information, Facilities/Facilities/Fleet Management, Health and Safety.
• Coordinated with SA Government and Funders.
• Met and Exceeded performance targets with no adverse audit findings.
• Successfully managed major organizational change with no labour relations issues.
• Expanded operations beyon South Africa into Zambia, Malawi.
• Increased annual turnover from US$41m pa to US488m pa and staffing from 600 to 3000
• Successfully established a fully owned pharmaceutical subsidiary and a joint venture IT subsidiary

• Team leader and consultant for multiple assignment throughout Southern Africa to perform programme design and evaluations for international aid programmes primarily for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, Belgian Technical Cooperation, the European Commission, the UK Department for International Development, foundations and private clients.

Liaison and Co-ordinaton with European Governments/local representatives

High-level political representation and engagement with European and South African political leadership

Development of Country Strategy Papers and Multi-Annual Indicative spending programmes

Extensive capacity building with implementing partners.

Oganisational and management development advisor to the National Department of Health for the decentralisation of hospital management.

Member of the Ministerial Task Team on Decentralisation of Management.O

Advisor to the Provincial Government on the decentralisation of hospital management.

Multiple positions commencing as a radiographer, progressing to head of a radiography department, hospital manager. Then merging three teaching hospitals into what would become the UKs largest NHS Trust of which I became a General Manager and the Trust Secretary (akin to a Company Secretary).