Curriculum Vitae
Ros Tennyson
Director, Development Partnership Solutions & The Partnering Initiative
International Business Leaders Forum
Educational Background
- 1971 Diploma in Drama and Theatre (Distinction), University of London, UK
- 1976 Post-graduate Diploma in Social Policy Research, City University, London
- 1994 Post-graduate work in Action Research in Professional Practice, School of Management, University of Bath, UK
- 2002 Certificate in E-moderating
- 2006 Partnership Brokers Accreditation Scheme (accredited member) ODI / IBLF
- 2007 Belbin Team Roles (accreditation) Belbin Associates
Work Experience
- 1971-1980 Consultancy work
Community development
Refugee resettlement - 1980-1985 Teaching: Drama and Theatre Studies
Open University
Syracuse University, London campus
Boston University, London campus - 1985-1991 Chief Executive, Marylebone Centre Trust
Development of a primary health-care facility integrating mainstream and alternative medicine with community and social care used as a national and international model - From 1992-2005 Independent Consultant Æ specialising in Cross-sector Partnerships that include the corporate sector as key players
- International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF)
* Partnership-building events and projects in a range of countries undergoing political and economic transition including: Bangladesh, Bosnia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Egypt, Hungary, India, Mexico, Poland, Philippines, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, Vietnam
* Development of the IBLF's experiential international learning exchange: The INSIGHT Programme
* Development and management of a 10-day partnership training programme for 100 key individuals from all three sectors from Central and Eastern Europe - Advisor & Co-Chair, Knowledge Resources Group (1997-2000)
World Bank-initiated Business Partners for Development Programme - Post-graduate Certificate in Cross-sector Partnership (PCCP) (since 2001)
Co-Founder and Co-Director
Collaboration between University of Cambridge Programme and IBLF - Partnership Brokers Accreditation Scheme (PBAS) (since 2003)
Co-Founder and Co-Director
Collaboration between Overseas Development Institute and IBLF - The Partnering Initiative (since 2004)
Co-Director
Collaboration between University of Cambridge Programme and IBLF - From 2006 Full time employment, IBLF
This post combines two central internal roles:
¬ Director, Development Partnership Solutions
¬ Director, The Partnering Initiative (a global programme of IBLF)
Plus 3 external roles:
¬ Co-Director, PBAS (IBLF / ODI joint venture)
¬ Associate Director, PCCP (IBLF / University of Cambridge joint venture)
¬ Co-Director, Partners in Action Programme (IBLF / UNSSC joint venture) - From 2007 As above, plus temporary posts following death of CEO
¬ One of the interim IBLF Executive Group (comprising 3 senior IBLF directors)
¬ Acting Director, Communications Team
¬ Director responsible for IBLF work in South Asia
Partnership-building activities undertaken:
Advocacy • Brokering • Case Studies • Communications • Facilitation • Institutional Capacity-building • Mentoring, Project Design and Development • Reviews and Evaluation • Skills Training • Tools: Design and Development • Workshop: Design and Delivery
Skills training programmes designed and / or delivered include:
Aga Khan Foundation • Bertelsmann Foundation • BPD Water and Sanitation • British Council (Serbia) • Business Community Foundation (India) • Global Public Policy Institute • Katalyst (Bangladesh) • Nike • Nokia • Rio Tinto • Department for Education and Skills (UK) • UNAIDS • UNDP • UNHCR • UNSSC (see above) • USAID • World Bank Group
Publications include:
- Partners in Action, 1994
Commissioned and published in India funded by the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) - Managing Partnerships, 1998
Published by The International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) funded by Rio Tinto and the World Bank - The Guiding Hand: Brokering Partnerships for Sustainable Development, 2000
Commissioned and published by UN Publications, funded by UNFIP (co-author, Luke Wilde) - Getting Real, 2003
Commissioned and published by IUCN for WSSD (Johannesburg) - Institutionalising Partnerships: Lessons from the Front Line, 2003
Commissioned and published by The Resource Centre for the Social Dimensions of Business Practice, funded by DFID - The Learning Curve: Corporate Community Engagement, 2003
Published by IBLF, funded by the World Bank (co-author, Amanda Bowman) published by IBLF - The Partnering Toolbook, 2004
Commissioned and published by GAIN, IBLF, UNDP and IAEA (available in 18 languages now in its 4th edition), funded by the Gates Foundation and (later edition) GTZ published by The Partnering Initiative - The Brokering Guidebook, 2005
Supported by: Rio Tinto, IBLF, UNDP, UNSSC, published by The Partnering Initiative - The Case Study Toolbook: Partnership Case Studies as Tools for Change, 2006
(Project director and publication co-author) supported by: UNDP, Rio Tinto, Alcan. Published by The Partnering Initiative - Talking the Walk: A Communications Manual for Partnership Practitioners, 2007
(co-author) supported by: ANZ Bank, Nike, EPSD, IBLF published by The Partnering Initiative.