Catherine Deane - Director
BRIEF CURRICULUM VITAE
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
B. Economics, University of Adelaide 1980
Registration Certificate, Library Association of Adelaide 1974
COUNTRIES OF WORK EXPERIENCE
Australia, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Fiji, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nauru, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Thailand, USA, Vanuatu, Vietnam
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1996 – present, Director, World Wide Project Management Services Pty Ltd, Adelaide, South Australia A consulting and project management company specialising in health, education, governance and project design, monitoring, evaluation and appraisal. Selected projects and consultancies include:
Indonesia: Project Management Specialist, IALDF Legislative Database Development Technical Assistance (MDI, December 2006 – January 2007)
Nauru: Economics/Social Impact Specialist and Programming Specialist, Program Design Team (AusAID, December 2006 – July 2007)
Australia & Sri Lanka: Team Leader / Design Specialist, Community Mental Health Project (World Vision, June – November 2006)
PNG: Program Design Specialist, PNG Capacity Building Service Centre (JTA International, July – October 2006)
Samoa: Team Leader, First Year Review of Public Sector Improvement Facility (AusAID, April 2006)
Ethiopia: Change Management Adviser, DSA Ethiopia Project Phase IV (John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Jan 2006)
Australia & Indonesia: Training Leader, Legal Document Retrieval System Training Program, Indonesia-Australia Specialised Training Project Phase III (IASTP III) (Monash International Pty Ltd, Aug- Dec 2005)
Samoa: Team Leader, Independent Completion Report (ICR) Mission, Samoa Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture Institutional Strengthening Project (MESC ISP) (AusAID, July 2005)
Philippines: Lead Trainer, Project Identification and Development using the Local Poverty Reduction Action Plan, Philippines Australian Human Resource Development Facility (AusAID, February – April 2005)
Philippines: Technical Vocational Training (TVET) Assistance, Philippines-Australia Development Cooperation Program (AusAID Sept 2004 – Sept 2005)
PNG: Business Planning Specialist, Western Province Barramundi Project (Ok Tedi Mines, Bismark Barramundi, PNG Sustainable Development Program July 2003 – Feb 2006)
Philippines: Design Specialist, Education Pre-Feasibility / Design Study PRIME [Program in Muslim Education] and STRIVE [Strengthening Implementation of Visayas Education] (AusAID, Feb – July 2004)
PNG: Project Director, Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) Conversion Degree (2003 – April 2005, GRM International / AusAID)
Indonesia & Australia: Team Leader (March 2002 – May 2003) and Project Director (April 2001 – March 2002), Legal Reform Program (LRP) Facility (AusAID)
Vietnam: Capacity Building Study Leader and Adviser, Social Development / Gender Study Leader, Quang Ngai Rural Development, (2001 – 2007, AusAID / AACM International / Brown and Root)
PNG: Institutional Strengthening / Gender Specialist and PMRG Team Leader, Project Monitoring & Review Group for the Royal PNG Constabulary Development Project Phase III (2001 – Jan 2008, AusAID / Educo)
PNG: Bachelor of Nursing Conversion Degree (2000 – 2006) Project Director (PATTAF) 2003-2006 (GRM International/AusAID); Quality Assurance and Team Support, PNG-Australia Targeted Training Project (PATTAP) 2000-2002 (Austraining International)
Indonesia: Team Leader/Design Specialist, Technical Assistance Management Facility (TAMF) Phase II Project Design Mission (August 2000, AusAID)
Indonesia: Team Leader/Design Specialist, Indonesia Legal Reform Program Facility Design Study (May – June 2000, AusAID)
Philippines: VGF Assistance to Department of Education, Culture & Sports (July 2000, AusAID)
Australia: Program Manager, Evaluation of the Riverland Rural Partnership Program (Jan 2000 – Dec 2001, Primary Industries and Resources SA)
Australia: Program Manager, Evaluation of the Riverland Rural Partnership Program (Jan 2000 – Dec 2001, Primary Industries and Resources SA)
Philippines: Design Specialist, Creating Child-Friendly Families and Communities in Mindanao (1999 & 2000, AusAID)
Philippines: Design Specialist, Vulnerable Groups Facility Activity Design Study (1999, AusAID)
Thailand: Team Leader/Presenter, Short Course Training in Governance and Development for Thailand Public Officials: Project Management and Implementation, Managing Change in an International Context (June 1999, AusAID)
Australia: Consultant, Eyre Peninsula Regional Strategy Evaluation (1998-2000, Primary Industries & Resources SA)
Samoa: Project Manager Integrated Health Sector Project Design (1998, AusAID)
Thailand: Project Management Consultant/Trainer, WB Secondary Education Quality Improvement Project Implementation Unit, Thailand Ministry of Education (1998, AusAID)
Australia: Strategic Planning Facilitator (1998, Australian Health Industry Inc)
Philippines: Team Leader, Northern Mindanao Agricultural Extension Project Feasibility Design Study (1997, AusAID)
Bangladesh: Project Management Consultant, Fifth Health and Population Program (HAPP-5) Program Preparation Cell (1997, World Bank)
Samoa: Project Director, Treasury Department Institutional Strengthening Project (1996-2001, AusAID)
PNG: Project Director, Sexual Health & HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care Project (1995-1998, AusAID)
PNG: Project Director, Population & Family Planning Project (1995-1998, AusAID)
1986 – 1996, Senior Manager – Project Development; Senior Projects Manager; Public Affairs Manager, SAGRIC International Pty Ltd, Adelaide, South Australia
1985, Exchange Librarian / Tutor, West Valley Community College, Saratoga, USA
1970 – 1986, Librarian-in-Charge, Public and Private Sectors, Adelaide, South Australia