Carlos Mejia

Independent Consultant on Organizational Development and Leadership

Carlos is an Independent Consultant on Organizational Development and Leadership. He was Executive Director for Oxfam Colombia. For over 25+ years have been working on humanitarian/Developmental issues, leading programs and teams to effective strategic aid worldwide. Possesses the ability to empower staff with team building and development. Drives results through precise assessment skills, matrix development, and keen global knowledge.

Before Oxfam Colombia, he was Humanitarian director for Oxfam USA and Senior Program Officer for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; SCUK ERP Deputy Team Leader/Operations Manager; Humanitarian Consultant and Trainer with several organizations such as JRS, Aecid, IIHA, MSF, and others, developing projects in Spain, Liberia, Ethiopia, Italy, Central America, Middle East & Ukraine. He led 2 projects for Jesuit Refugee Service at the Headquarters’ level in Rome, Italy. (1) Developing the JRS´ Rapid Response System; (2) Supporting the regional response to the Syria Crisis by facilitating a training program on humanitarian issue to the National Director in Turkey and, assessing the programmatic possibilities for the JRS team in Jordan. He was Project Director for JRS operations in the Dollo Ado region (February ­April 2012). On behalf of AECID (The Spanish Agency for International Cooperation), prepared an evaluation on the work done by
UNICEF for Ivory Coast refugees in Liberia. (Liberia January 2011).

He also coached the director for the development office of the Jesuits in Rome on strategic planning processes and designing an educational tool for use in the Philippines, India, Malta, Cuba, Brasil, East Timor, Lusitania, and East Africa. Several times he was facilitating trainings and workshops for teams and masters students at different institutions.