David Wightwick (Save the Children UK)
David Wightwick is Head of Emergency Capacity Building and Preparedness for Save the Children UK. Prior to working for Save the Children David worked as a consultant in Emergency Operations and Preparedness for various International NGOs. From 2001-2006 David worked for Merlin, starting as Regional Operations Manager for East and Central Africa before moving on to become the organisation's Operations Director where he co-ordinated a number of successful emergency responses, including the South Asia Tsunami response and established the Merlin intern training programme. David has experience of working in over 28 countries, across Africa, the Middle East and Asia. His areas of expertise include Humanitarian policy, strategy, operations management and preparedness, emergency needs assessment, programme development and capacity building. David is also a guest lecturer for the Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and is a RedR Associate Trainer.
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