Hamish Wilson's Afghanistan Blog
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Hamish Wilson has been working as a Stabilisation Adviser for the districts of Musa Qal’eh, Now Zad, and is currently in Lashkar Gah supporting the Provincial Reconstruction Team’s Operations Department.
He became a Deployable Civilian Expert (DCE) in 2009 whilst serving as Livelihoods Adviser and Operations Manager for DFID Afghanistan’s Helmand Alternative Livelihoods Programme. He took on that role fresh from a humanitarian assignment in Darfur with emergency healthcare agency Merlin. He has served in a wide variety of operational roles with NGOs, donor agencies and the private sector, tackling issues such as disaster management, HIV/AIDS, economic development and organisational reform.
In previous lives he has instructed wilderness expeditions in North and South America, served on mountain rescue teams and worked as a management consultant with a variety of corporate consultancies. He is now a director of his own development consultancy.