Brian Goulden has more than 37 years professional experience in management and consulting. After a successful UK-based management career with BT PLC, he has spent more than 20 years in international consultancy-- working in more than 30 countries on policy, regulatory, human resource management, organizational change, and institutional development projects for governments, regulators and operators. Brian also has expertise in internal audit, marketing and operational planning, and development at policy-making and operational levels. He is experienced in supporting regional institution building. From 1995 to 2004, he led a number of USAID-funded programs supporting ICT sector reform in the 14 Member States of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC). Brian has worked / resided long-term in Southern Africa, West Africa, the Arabian Gulf, Europe, and East Africa. He is experienced in supporting the creation and development of regional ICT regulators' associations in Africa and the Middle East and developing successful regional capacity building interventions. Working on assignments funded by World Bank, Asian Development Bank, USAID, DFID, EU, ITU, and CTO, he has a good understanding of donor agency perspectives and needs. Brian has successfully mobilized multi-agency donor support and collaboration to meet regional objectives.
He has an in-depth knowledge of the organizational and "business culture" changes required to achieve success in a variety of evolving environments in Europe, Africa, and The Middle East.
Brian is a PhD candidate at the University of Manchester's (UK) Centre on Regulation & Competition, where his research is on capacity building in regulatory institutions. He is also a Graduate Teaching Fellow in the University's Institute of Development Policy and Management and teaches a number of masters-level courses on human research development, organizational development and ICTs in socio-economic development. Brian has a Master of Science in Human Resource Development from the University of Manchester, UK and is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (UK), a Fellow at the Institute of Management Consultancy (UK), and is a Certified Management Consultant (UK)
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