BA, MSc (London)

Paul Harrison is Director of Kilimanyika and a consultant and advisor on socio-economics, sustainable livelihoods, markets, land and natural resources management. Through well developed research, strategic analysis and project management skills he focuses on developing livelihoods as well as private and community based activities, while promoting the linkage of environment, development and business concerns.

Paul's experience includes: conducting monitoring and evaluation, market and socio-economic research, final evaluations, market feasibility studies, rural appraisals and livelihood assessments; facilitation and strategic planning; developing indicators; environmental management planning; managing people and projects; overseeing transformation of land use; resolving resource-based conflicts; capacity building; communications and awareness raising, and reporting.

Building on an early career working in his native Britain as a strategy consultant and analyst, Paul has ten years experience living and working in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Sudan, in remote forest, arid and rangeland areas, with rural, coastal and island communities, and in East Africa’s cities. He has worked with both national and international non governmental organisations as well as in UK and African business environments.

Paul's current and former clients include: Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS), World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), East African Wild Life Society (EAWLS), World Conservation Union (IUCN), African Parks Foundation, BCW Holdings Ltd, the Mpingo Conservation Project, Datamonitor plc, Allegra Strategies Ltd, OtiumInvest Ltd, Save the Rhino International (SRI) and UNHCR and European Commission through Kilimanyika's associates. Paul also acts as Special Advisor to the Environment Africa Trust and sits on the trust award committee of the Britain Tanzania Society (BTS).

Paul holds an MSc in Tourism, Environment and Development and a BA in African Language and Culture, both from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (SOAS). He is fluent in Swahili, having studied it at SOAS, as well as at the Institute of Swahili and Foreign Languages, Zanzibar, and the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.