Our Staff
Petter Matthews - Executive Director
Tel: +44 (0)203 206 0484
E mail: Petter Matthews
Petter is a senior international development specialist with over twenty year’s experience. He joined EAP in December 2002 and has led the development of our current programme. He holds a BA Development Studies and Politics (London) and an MSc Social Policy and Planning in Developing Countries (London). After working as a construction manager in the UK, Petter first became involved in international development in 1989, when he worked as a Project Manager for the Government of Tuvalu. Since then he has worked for a number of NGO’s and community based organisations in Africa and Asia on issues related to the built environment. In his last position, he was the CEO of a Community Development Trust in South Africa.
John Hawkins - Programme Manager
Tel: +44 (0)203 206 0489
E mail: John Hawkins
John is a specialist in UK and international procurement policy and governance in the construction sector. He has extensive experience in researching the interaction between infrastructure procurement and social development, and in developing transparent procurement and contract policy for construction. Before joining EAP in November 2011, John was responsible for knowledge creation and transfer in civil engineering best practice at the Institution of Civil Engineers which included the development of NEC3 Contracts. John was recently the British Standards Representative on the International Standards Organisation (ISO) Construction Procurement Working Group. John holds an MSc in Public Policy and Management from Birkbeck College.
Jill Wells - Senior Policy and Research Advisor
Tel: +44 (0)20 3206 0485
E mail: Jill Wells
Jill joined EAP in September 2005 as a Programme Officer. Jill is a social scientist with a Ph.D. in development studies and more than 35 years experience in development work. Her expertise lies in economic, social and labour issues related to the development of the construction sector. She has had a very diverse career, working for International Organisations, Government, NGOs and the Private Sector. Until recently she was serving as Construction Specialist at the International Labour Office (ILO) in Geneva. She also has spent considerable periods in Academia and has undertaken extensive research in Africa (Tanzania, Kenya) and Asia (Bangladesh, Vietnam, India). She has a long list of publications.
Nina Neeteson- Policy and Research Advisor
Tel: +44 (0)20 3206 0446
E mail: Nina Neeteson
Nina joined EAP as Policy and Research Advisor in January 2012. Having spent her formative years in France, she moved to London several years ago to complete a degree in Development Studies and Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies. She also holds an MSc in Development Management from the London School of Economics, where her research focused on sustainable infrastructure provision and service delivery systems for global public health and environmental management. Before joining EAP Nina worked on an extensive development education programme with the architectural NGO Article 25. She has also completed short-term assignments for various international civic organisations including Amnesty International and Transparency International.
Tendai Nyoka - Finance and Administration Officer
Tel: +44 (0)203 206 0488
Email: Tendai Nyoka
Tendai joined Engineers Against Poverty as Finance and Administration Officer in 2009. She has a degree in Business Administration and French from Aston University an MBA in Finance and is a Chartered Management Accountant (ACMA). Tendai has worked in Financial and Administrative positions in various industries including Design/Retail, Care Provision and Transport.
Tendai is also Engineers Against Poverty's Company Secretary.
Associates
EAP has a network of experienced professionals whose expertise we can draw on when required for the delivery of our programme and consulting activities.
Sue Cavill - Associate Programme Officer
Tel: +44 (0)203 206 0487
Email: Sue Cavill
Sue is a water supply and sanitation specialist with particular experience in policy-level research and analysis. Sue’s first degree was in development studies followed by a masters in community water supply and sanitation and a Ph.D. on accountability for urban water supply and sanitation services. In the urban water supply and sanitation sector her focus has been on the operation and maintenance of water supply and sanitation facilities, service provision and accountability to slum communities, the design of private sector participation in utility management to benefit the poor, and in the governance of service delivery. In the rural sector, her particular areas of interest are sanitation, community participation, and the design of hygiene education programs.
Dave Prescott - Associate
Tel: +44 (0) 1497 831 194
Email: Dave Prescott
Dave Prescott is an independent consultant, undertaking writing, editing, research and analysis on sustainable development. He has worked across sectors for over ten years at both local and international levels, with a focus on the extractive sector, providing input at a policy and strategy level as well as developing operational guidance. Dave holds a postgraduate diploma in general journalism from the London School of Journalism (2001) and a bachelor’s degree in social and cultural studies from the University of Nottingham (1999). He is also a qualified permaculture designer and helped set up Transition Hay-on-Wye, a community-based response to peak oil and climate change. He lives in Herefordshire, UK, with his wife and two daughters.
Date Published: January 27, 2012
Source: Engineers Against Poverty