Cathy Riley

Director of Strategic Partnerships @Flowminder

Southampton, GB

Develop, update and oversee the strategic delivery of Flowminder\'s programmatic work and partnership building activities.Represent Flowminder at high-level international stakeholder meetings with country government ministries, statistical offices, NGOs and data partnersCollaborate closely with data scientists to prioritise and support research goalsEnsure that Flowminder deliverables are met to agreed quality standards and generate the agreed benefits achieved through ongoing internal and external project reviewsLink Flowminder’s partnerships into Flowminder’s overall development strategyEffective financial monitoring and budgetingFundraising and programme developmentAchievements- Nigeria: In Adamawa state, daily delivery rates for covax vaccination outreach increased from to once planners and vaccination teams had access to Flowminder\'s optimised site placement results produced using geospatial data- Haiti: Data from Flowminder\'s mobile network operator partnership with Digicel provided population estimates which in 2024 were integrated into the UNFPA\'s Common Operational Datasets, and which have supported social protection by both government and UN agencies- Ghana: Population mobility data informed the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) response to flooding in October 2023, revealing locations to which displacement had occured that would otherwise have been missed- Sierra Leone: Flowminder\'s optimisation outputs for placement of new radio masts resulted in decisions for investment to expand radio coverage of the government\'s radical inclusion education programme

University of Cape Town

Master of Philosophy - MPhil

University of South Africa (UNISA)

BA

University of Cape Town

BA (Hons)