Ellen Cristina Silva is Partner & Country
Director
DAMSON Group (Brazil). She is an International Relations professional,
with experience in international organizations like United Nations,
federal ministries, and corporate sector. She has worked in multiple
domains with large expertise in different sectors as manager of
operational, administrative, logistic, fundraising, HR and program areas
including technical cooperation projects.
Ellen worked with United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in
various roles as Procurement and Administrative Analyst and for
Fundraising and Project/Program management. At UNOPS she was responsible
for fundraising, administrative, operational, HR and logistical matters,
elaboration of progress and evaluation reports between the UN agencies
and the Brazil federal government.
Prior to UNOPS, Ellen worked with Ministry of Tourism as Technical
Coordinator in the Project Coordination Unit of the Minister's Cabinet.
She coordinated the budget preparation, operational, administrative, HR,
fundraising, financial, logistic areas and all bidding processes related
to the program unit.
Ellen also worked with Ministry of Mines and Energy as Project/Program
Manager and Administrative Coordinator, in partnership with the World
Bank, where she was responsible for public policy, procurement,
operational, administrative and HR areas. She also worked with Ministry
of Foreign Affairs as International Cooperation Program Manager where
she developed, administered, monitored and evaluated International
Technical Cooperation Program through negotiation, implementation and
monitoring of bilateral agreements. Before these federal ministries,
Ellen was Senior Consultant in the Procurement Sector to Instituto
Interamericano de Cooperacao para a Agricultura (IICA).
Ellen has worked extensively with different United Nations agencies as
well. She worked with UNESCO as Senior Procurement Analyst and was
responsible for the collaboration and liaison with the headquarters
Contract Committee in cases of national and international procurement
processes over USD 100,000. At UNDP, Ellen worked in different
capacities as Senior Analyst in International Cooperation Projects in
the areas of health, justice, human rights, poverty alleviation,
sustainable development, and education. She coordinated multiple
operations between UNDP and Inter-American Development Bank (IADB),
International Bank for Reconstruction & Development (IBRD), and World
Bank.
Ellen graduated in International Relations/Affairs with emphasis on
Foreign Trade and Public Policy, from Centro Universitario de Brasilia,
and has 2 MBAs in Executive Project Management and in Human Resources
from Instituto Brasileiro de Formacao (IBF).
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