Channel Research

John Cosgrave

John Cosgrave is a resourceful and goal-oriented, multi-sectoral professional with strong evaluation, assessment and communication skills. He has excellent training, planning, project management and problem solving expertise. Mr Cosgrave has twenty-seven years of broad experience in over forty countries covering all aspects of managing both relief and development. He has a wide range of evaluation experience, generally as team leader. His assignments range from single project to multi-country and multi-agency studies.
Nationality: Irish

Clotilde Gouley

Ms Gouley holds a degree from the Institute of Political Science in Lille and a Master’s degree in International Conflict Analysis from the University of Kent at Canterbury, England. She has worked in France, Mali and for four years in Peru. In Peru, she carried out short-term consulting studies and long-term research work on conflicts around natural resources, with a special focus on mining. In this capacity she has participated in the Programme on Conflict and Collaboration in Natural Resource Management in Latin America and the Caribbean run by the University for Peace of United Nations, Costa Rica. More recently she has been working for Channel Research as a community relations consultant for Xstrata on the Koniambo Nickel Project.

A French national, Clotilde speaks French, English and Spanish.

Yulia Immajati

Yulia Immajati is an Indonesian national trained in anthropology and the evaluation of humanitarian aid and conflict resolution. In the course of many assignments (for UNDP, DFID, Sida) she has solid field assessment experience, with a particular interest in women, armed conflict, and their livelihood coping strategies.
Nationality: Indonesian

Bobby Lambert

Mr. Bobby Lambert has in-depth knowledge of organisational governance, leadership and management. His professional expertise ranges from training, facilitation and research to humanitarian operations and rural development. His professional experience entails 10 years as Chief executive of RedR (a humanitarian relief agency that trains, provides and supports people working in humanitarian programs) as well as 10 years of work in developing countries, mainly in Africa. He has worked with voluntary, academic, commercial and public-sector organisations which enables him to operate sensitively and effectively in a wide variety of cultural settings.
Nationality: Irish.

Mamuka Alavidze

Mr. Mamuka Alavidze holds a civil law diploma. He has vast experience in the humanitarian field, ranging from food and medical aid to rehabilitation and community mobilization. He has worked with different types of organizations including diplomatic missions, NGOs and governmental bodies. He acquired most of his experience in Southern Caucasus and has worked on several occasions in conflict areas. Mamuka Alavidze is also experienced in refugee issues, especially in Internally Displaced People matters. He has carried out monitoring and evaluation missions for EC funded projects on human rights and democratisation, as well as micro projects on local development and civil society.
Nationality: Georgian.