Emma Judge is an accomplished international development leader, trouble shooter and writer, with more than 25 years experience of living and working in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Emma set up and successfully managed Dawa Consulting in Malawi for more than seven years, working on assignments in Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Kingdom of eSwatini, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, before returning to the UK in 2012 and continuing to support her clients globally.
Emma has successfully delivered on a host of senior management roles, including serving as the CEO of Sound Seekers (The Commonwealth Society for the Deaf), the Interim Director for Sense International, and the Head of East Africa for Deaf Child Worldwide. In 2018, Emma was appointed a Commissioner for the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, by the Secretary of State for International Development, and served two full terms of six years in total.
Emma uses her extensive and multi-disciplinary experience in leadership, communications, development impact and relationship building to contribute to and drive her clients’ global strategies, while advocating for social justice and inclusion. A highly articulate public speaker, with a track record of influencing governments and policy makers on issues of disability, deaf matters, health, education and gender, Emma helps facilitate systemic change and integrate inclusive approaches into government policy to help ensure no-one is left behind.
Core skills include:
- Leadership development
- Strengthening pathways to impact
- Monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning
- Organisational development and change management
- Coaching, mentoring and facilitation
- Charity governance, policies and procedures
- Behaviour change
- Strategic communications