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I worked on ... finance and logistics for The HALO Trust in Afghanistan.

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AuthorPym, Ian

Start date January 2011 End date Ongoing

Having worked for nine years in a variety of roles (starting as a business analyst and finishing as a revenue recognition manager) at tech firm Cisco, I wanted to do something different. My time at Cisco had been hugely rewarding, having had two roles in Paris and two in Amsterdam, and I was looking for a role as a finance controller after completing my CIMA qualification. I looked at other NGOs before my brother, who worked for The HALO Trust, (the largest and oldest mine/UXO clearance charity in the world, championed by Princess Diana and now her son, Prince Harry), suggested that I approach HALO for a role. I was hired in November 2010, undertook some training in Mozambique and Cambodia, and went to Afghanistan in January 2011.

I now oversee the finance and logistics of a programme that employs 3,600 staff across Afghanistan clearing landmines, weapons and ammunition from previous conflicts, with a budget of around $25m a year. So far, the group has destroyed more than 760,000 landmines, 10 million explosive items and 48 million bullets, as well as deactivating thousands of heavy weapons, including tanks and artillery. HALO is currently destroying an average of 20,000 explosive items in the country every month.

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