Derek Walsh
Derek has over 13 years of experience in learning and development, training and capacity building, Prior to joining Hedayah, he was Acting Account Director at Albany Associates International leading their capacity building and technical assistance programming in the Western Balkans, Central Asia & East Africa. Derek has also held contract roles at the United Kingdom Government, Office and Security and Counter Terrorism within the Home Office, and previously held the post of Interim Director of Capacity Building Programs at Hedayah.
Within this space, he has worked on projects that encompass new and traditional media, emerging technologies to counter extremist narratives, and government & civil society capacity building. He has also led projects to promote the defections process in fragile states, and advised the Global Coalition Against Daesh on their activation activities in new territories.
Derek holds a BA in Business Management and Learning and Development from Edinburgh Napier University, and a PGcert in International Relations, Business and Political Economy from LSE. He is currently enrolled on the Religion Peace and Security online course at Harvard University.