Hirut M'cleod

Hirut M'cleod is an affiliate of Schaffer Consulting and a management consultant with Rapid Results Institute.

Prior to working with Schaffer Consulting, Hirut worked for both financial institutions as well as NGOs. At the United Nations she worked on procurement and budgeting for Francophone African countries. She also wrote a report on the status of refugees in Eastern Europe and the Great Lakes Region for the General Assembly. At Nonprofit Finance Fund she was a loan underwriter for other NGOs. She also provided technical assistance on understanding capital structure, debt, and how to successfully undergo a construction project or leasehold improvement.

Since joining the Rapid Results Institute, Hirut has worked on Rapid Result Initiative (RRI) portfolios in Sierra Leone and Madagascar. In Sierra Leone, she provided multi-sectoral support for senior members of Local Councils as they implemented RRIs and took on devolved Ministerial functions. Responsibilities included supporting the local coach, management training for senior council staff, qualitative research, strategic planning support, monitoring and evaluation, and developing 'best practices' for RRI training and evaluation. In Madagascar, Hirut has been conducting in-depth sight visits throughout the country to inform the development of targeted tools for the existing coaching system and to more accurately assess the evolution of the Rapid Results Approach in the country. Recently Nathalie Gons (another RRI Consultant) and Hirut, helped launch RRIs at the community level in Sudan. Work included assisting in the training of local coaches, working with coaches to launch RRIs in their communities, working with an intern to formulate questions for a survey that would provide basline data on community capacity before RRIs are introduced.

Hirut M'cleod has a M.Sc. in Development Studies from the University of London - School of Oriental and African Studies. She received her BA in Social Studies from Wesleyan University. Hirut is a Sierra Leonean nation and is fluent in English and Krio, proficient in French, and knows some Spanish.