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Options' team of professionals has extensive experience in our niche technical areas of maternal and newborn health, sexual and reproductive health, and HIV & AIDS
Our Management Team
Todd Petersen
Managing Director
Todd Petersen is the Managing Director of Options. Prior to joining Options as Managing Director in March 2006, Todd held a number of senior management positions in a broad range of international development organisations, and has managed large health programmes in a number of countries. Todd holds an MPA from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.
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Malcolm Barter
Deputy Managing Director and Director of Finance
Malcolm is a qualified Accountant and has held a number of senior management positions for a range of organisations across the charity, NGO, academic and commercial sectors. Malcolm has extensive experience and knowledge of financial management and governance issues in developing countries which is utilised to help structure and underpin Options' own systems and procedures in the delivery of its programmes.
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Jo Elms
Director of Programmes
Jo Elms oversees the management of Options' international programmes and the development of new work for Options. Jo has 17 years' experience in international development. He has held senior positions in international NGOs and has a strong track record in the development of donor funding for international development and humanitarian programmes. Jo is experienced at facilitating strategic planning workshops in Asia, the Caribbean, Latin American and Africa.
 
Kirstan Hawkins, PhD
Technical Director
Kirstan Hawkins leads Options' social development and PEER group. She is responsible for developing and supporting Options' programmes and consultancy work while focusing on the social dimensions of reproductive, sexual and maternal health; HIV & AIDS; monitoring and evaluation; and health systems strengthening.
 
Louise Hulton, PhD
Technical Director
Louise Hulton is responsible for coordinating and maintaining the quality of technical resources across Options' programmes. Louise leads Options' maternal newborn and child health strategy and UK work.
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