Sandra Golding

Sandra Golding

Role: Business Manager

Team: Women's Economic Empowerment team

Profile:

Sandra was Business Manager within the Women’s Economic Empowerment team and  supported the team to manage priorities and scope and plan the delivery of the WEE strategy and various projects. She was responsible for ensuring that the business operational aspects were in place including business intelligence, and tools and systems to monitor progress against our goal to economically empower 30 million women by 2020.

Prior to joining CARE, Sandra designed and led the development of a financial sustainability and marketing toolkit for evaluating NGOs. She worked as a business consultant for NGOs, providing advice and guidance for organisational transformation, as well as writing and delivering training courses. She holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Middlesex University.

One good thing I’ve read

What’s holding you back? 8 critical choices for women’s success by Linda Austin. It’s about how to get around, over and through the barriers in society, and in women themselves, to tackle the professional and personal roadblocks that hold women back.  It is The road less travelled for girls and women.

Twitter: @sgolding777


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