Training, Consultants and Further Support

Please note that these are not organised by DCED, and are included here only for information. More courses will be added as the DCED becomes aware of them. Any provider of training in skills related to the DCED Standard is invited to write to the Secretariat with details, and we may feature them in this section.

Consultants Market Place

This section lists consultants who may be available to provide support to programmes working towards compliance with the Standard. Consultants can qualify for listing on this page through the following, alternative routes:

• you have received formal training in the DCED Standard, and have hands-on experience in its implementation - or
• you submit a case study of the application of the Standard in a programme with which you are familiar, that meets DCED quality

Anyone wishing to be listed is warmly invited to contact the DCED Secretariat (Coordinator@Enterprise-Development.org).

Some CVs are publicly available, but some require you to be logged in (in which case the link will take you to the library page). Programmes seeking a consultant to help them are advised to make the usual enquiries about the suitability of any candidate; the DCED is not formally endorsing or certifying them by listing them here.

Programmes wanting to go for formal audit (or for a 'mock audit' to see how close they are to being ready for audit) are asked in the first instance to discuss their requirements with the DCED Secretariat (Coordinator@Enterprise-Development.org); not all of the consultants listed below are available for audits.


Alexandra Miehlbradt is an independent consultant with over fifteen years of experience, specialising in results measurement, along with pro-poor enterprise and market development. She has provided extensive technical input during the design and piloting of the DCED Standard, compiling materials, conducting training, carrying out consultancies and a recent mock audit for the DCED Standard. Alexandra has helped numerous organisations to develop new results measurement systems.

Click here for Alexandra Miehlbradt's CV (requires sign-in).
Currently based near Auckland, New Zealand
Alexandra can be contacted here.


Ben Fowler is an independent consultant with consultancy and project management experience across Latin America, Asia, Africa, North America and Australia. Alongside monitoring and evaluation, Ben’s areas of expertise include value chain analysis and subsector assessment, market development and M4P, as well as benchmarking and market research. Ben has received training on the DCED Standard for Results Measurement, including the modules for consultants. He speaks fluent English and Spanish.

Click here for Ben Fowler's CV.
Currently based near Toronto, Canada
Ben can be contacted here.


Hans has been active in Private Sector Development since 1986. As a consultant, he has contributed to the design and review of several Private Sector Programmes since 1998. Hans regularly conducts courses in results measurement, market and value chain development. He has been actively involved in the development of the DCED Standard for Results Measurement in early 2008. Hans has conducted both advanced and introductory training courses on the DCED Standard, has been assisting many projects and organizations to apply the standard and has conducted pre-review and full audits. He speaks English, Portuguese and Dutch.

Click here for Hans Posthumus' CV.
Currently based near Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Hans can be contacted here.


Mihaela Balan has over 17 years’ experience in the design of monitoring and evaluation systems. She has provided technical assistance for results measurement in PSD, socio-economic and governance programmes, working in Asia, the Pacific, Africa, and Eastern Europe. Having completed the advanced training on the DCED Standard, Mihaela is assisting programmes such as the Cocoa Livelihood Improvement Project in Solomon Islands and Access to Markets for the Poor in Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Swaziland to move towards compliance. Mihaela speaks English, French, Italian, Bislama and Romanian.

Click here for Mihaela Balan's CV.
Currently based in Melbourne, Australia.
Mihaela can be contacted here.


Nabanita Sen has been working in results measurement for the past five years. She worked to implement the results measurement system in Swisscontact Katalyst, one of the first organizations to contribute to the development of the DCED Standard. Nabanita has experience as a consultant for programmes implementing the Standard, working with the USAID MSME programme among others, and completed the training for auditors at the DCED’s pilot training course in Chiang Mai.

Click here for Nabanita Sen's CV.
Currently based in Fiji.
Nabanita Sen can be contacted here.

Phitcha Wanitphon

Phitcha Wanitphon has pioneered the DCED Standard as Deputy Programme Director at the Thai-German Programme for Enterprise Competitiveness (TG-PEC). While in this role he has supervised the design of new interventions, ensuring that these are sustainable and can demonstrate how they will achieve and measure impact. Before joining TG-PEC, Phitcha worked as a manager in the Thai private sector. Phitcha has received training on the DCED Standard for Results Measurement, including the modules for consultants. Phitcha is fluent in English and Thai.

Click here for Phitcha Wanitphon's CV (requires sign-in).
Currently based in Bangkok, Thailand.
Phitcha can be contacted here.

Sadia Ahmed

Sadia Ahmed has been working in results measurement for the past five years. She was part of the Monitoring and Evaluation Group at Katalyst, a multi-donor M4P programme in Bangladesh, where she helped develop and implement the M&E system. Katalyst was among the first programmes to contribute to the development of the DCED Standard. Sadia was later a Senior Business Consultant at Katalyst before joining another M4P programme, PrOpCom in Nigeria. At PrOpCom she worked as an M&E Specialist, developing tools, plans and a manual for results measurement, and helping to steer PrOpCom towards the DCED Standard. Sadia has completed the Advanced Training on the DCED Standard. She speaks English and Bengali.

Click here for Sadia Ahmed's CV .
Currently based in Abuja, Nigeria and Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Sadia can be contacted here.

Wafa Hafiz has been working in results measurement for the past 9 years. She worked to implement the results measurement system in Swisscontact Katalyst - an early contributor to the DCED Standard. Wafa has completed the Advanced Training on the DCED Standard, and was also a presenter in DCED Global Seminar in Bangkok in 2012. Wafa has worked South-east Asia and the Pacific, Africa, and Australia, designing and implementing results measurement systems based on the Standard.

Click here for Wafa Hafiz' CV.
Currently based in London, UK.
Wafa can be contacted here.