Moustafa Osman

International disaster management expert, Founder of Osman Consulting Ltd and Visiting Lecturer of Disaster Management at University of Birmingham (UK). He has extensive experience in responding to complex emergencies and natural disasters. Moustafa is a reference point and regular commentator on humanitarian issues in international media. He is a master trainer for SPHERE (Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response) and INEE (Minimum Standards for Education: Preparedness, Response, Recovery) in English and Arabic. Until January 2013 he was the Head of the Humanitarian Department at Islamic Relief Worldwide, now fully focusing on expanding his consultancy Osman Consulting Ltd: working on UN assignments and for other major humanitarian agencies (e.g. UN OCHA, UNESCO, DRC, Human Appeal, AMU, Save the Children). Moustafa has over 20 years experience in DRR, humanitarian and post conflict rehabilitation. Specialties: disaster response, humanitarian aid, emergencies, disasters, disaster management, complex emergencies, natural disasters, Middle-East, SPHERE, INEE