This brief highlights three evidenced based strategies for emerging leaders in international development interested in pursuing international leadership roles. It summarizes our recent study on the career catalysts that supported the career transition of national staff into international leadership roles on Market Systems Development (MSD) programs. It is intended for emerging leaders and the implementing partners and donors in a position to support them.
Andrew Panton
Senior Consultant
I am committed to improving human livelihoods and resilience in balance with nature. At the Canopy Lab, I provide research and advisory support to projects working on biodiversity conservation, climate change adaptation and resilience, nature-based solutions, sustainable tourism, and market systems development. Outside work, I’m a keen guitarist, cyclist and bookworm, with a love for food, travelling and learning languages.