Strategy and enterprise-wide systems leadership — British Council (Global)

The organisation needed a coherent, enterprise-wide EED approach—one that aligns regions and country offices to a usable global offer, improves first-time quality in programme design, and raises inclusion and evidence standards across the portfolio.

As the Senior Enterprise and Economic Development Advisor I co-lead the British Council’s enterprise & economic development strategy, shaping the internal global offer and strengthening the external programme offer. I provide technical leadership across design, implementation support and MEL, with WEE/YEE and evidence use embedded by default.

• Strategy → offer: Design and translate strategy into frameworks, tools and guardrails country teams can apply.
• External offer: Shape programme models and value propositions for donors and partners.
• Lifecycle leadership: Front-end design clinics, light stage-gates, and MEL architecture to drive evidence-based decisions.
• Inclusion by design: Make WEE/YEE structural in scoping, budgeting and results frameworks.
• Operating model: Align rhythms across regions, country offices, finance, contracts, MEL and delivery.

Sharper positioning and more consistent designs, fewer mid-delivery pivots, inclusion showing up in delivery choices, and reusable playbooks that cut mobilisation time.