Biography
Erik delivers applied technology projects aligned to the UN's SDGs to the most marginalised areas of the world using high speed satellite connectivity in Education, eHealth, FinTech and Agri-technology . Erik is most proud of ECO, a ground-breaking initiative to get Every Child (and community) Online in Africa in a sustainable way. (www.avantiplc.com/eco)
• Erik has almost 20 years’ experience in international project delivery and business development, fortunate to have worked all over the world in some 85+ countries building long term multi-stakeholder partnerships in both public and private organisations, and extremely diverse Ministries.
• He shows leadership managing complex, large scale, technology-based ICT4 Education & Enterprise programs leading teams which empower learners through the delivery of high quality education paid for by public and private corporations, the World Bank, Department for International Development, USAID and the Templeton Foundation.
• He’s passionate and excel working on multi-tiered problems, creating solutions that have the potential for transformational, value-for-money sustainable change.
• He’s confident people I work with would describe me as a family man with 3 wonderful children (and wife!) who is a keen hands-on committed strategist and project manager with a can-do attitude, who works tirelessly to foster collaboration, integrity and excellent stakeholder relationships.
• He’s a highly credible communicator with strong interpersonal skills and within a network of global educational specialists.
• In March 2016 he was asked to Chair the Innovation Alliance for the Varkey Foundation. The Varkey Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation established to improve the standards of education for underprivileged children throughout the world. https://www.varkeyfoundation.org/