The authors
John Cammack works as an independent consultant and trainer. He was head of international finance at Oxfam GB and senior lecturer in accounting and financial management at Oxford Brookes University. John has worked internationally with a range of relief and development agencies, including the Aga Khan Foundation, Amnesty International, ChildHope, European Commission, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Intrac, WaterAid and VSO. His training and consultancy work includes building financial management capacity, training financial trainers and reviewing programme management. He is author of Building capacity through financial management (Oxfam, 2007), Basic accounting for small groups (Oxfam, 2003) and Financial management for development (Intrac, 2000). John is a qualified accountant, manager and teacher specialising in the non-profit sector. He has an MBA and an MSc in international development management. www.johncammack.net
Tim Foster is a qualified civil engineer with extensive experience in humanitarian relief. He has worked in emergency programmes for the United Nations, Oxfam, MSF and CARE in the Balkans, Africa and Asia as well as undertaking more strategic headquarters’ assignments in Europe. Tim was the first Director of RedR International's Secretariat in Geneva and is currently a Trustee of RedR UK. Tim has regularly acted as a resource person, trainer and convenor for RedR’s training courses and contributed to both editions of Engineering in Emergencies. He is the lead author for Managing people in emergencies. More recently he has co-facilitated training workshops for the Health, WASH and Emergency Shelter Clusters; undertaken a review of IFRC’s Emergency Shelter Cluster Coordinator deployment in Tajikistan and been the lead technical expert for the WASH Cluster's emergency materials project. www.timfoster.org
Simon Hale is a management consultant with twenty years' experience of international NGOs. He has worked in 35 countries as a consultant, workshop facilitator or manager. Current and recent clients include ActionAid International, Global Reporting Initiative (Amsterdam), Oxfam GB, Oxfam International, Rostros y Voces (formerly Vamos, Mexico) and Save the Children (UK). He offers financial management reviews, fraud workshops, programme reviews and organisational development consultancies. His approach to financial risk management has informed Oxfam GB's Anti-Fraud and Corruption Guidance and Oxfam International's Tsunami Accountability Framework. www.simonhaleassociates.com