BARRY BURNS

Barry Burns has more than 25 years experience in Sales, Procurement & Logistics and Customer Services within the International Aid Community. He has worked collectively for Steyning International Ltd., Tri-Med Ltd and Chancel International FZE as Sales & Marketing Manager. His responsibilities to generate high levels of sales of goods and services and maintain a high level of customer care have taken him to the front line of many disasters and conflicts over the years including Cambodia, the first Gulf war: Iraq/Kurdistan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia. Croatia, Bosnia Hercegovina, Serbia, Romania, Macedonia, Kosovo, Afghanistan. A seasoned and versatile professional, Burns has worked both in Europe and the USA alongside agencies such as Band Aid, USA For Africa, World Vision, American Red Cross, Catholic Relief Services, Save the Children Fund, Care Australia and Church World Services to name just a few.

Burns setup a U.K. office for a Dubai based company in 2001. His primary task was to promote 'in house' manufacturing facilities and procurement operations in the Middle East to the International Aid community. This promotion was linked to the companies warehousing and stock holding facilities in the Jebel Ali 'Free Zone' designed to create a logistical 'hub' for International Aid Organizations working in Africa and the Middle East. In late 2003 Barry Burns established Overseas Aid Consultancy Group (OAC) and then joined up with Ian Hackett (AIPACS) in early 2004. AIPACS OAC now forms the procurement and logistics arm of Overseas Aid Consultancy Group Ltd. Barry Burns maintains regular contacts with International and Regional Directors of all the leading UN organizations including UNHCR, UNICEF, WHO, UNFAO, WFP, as well as major International organizations including: IFRC, ICRC, National Red Cross & Red Crescent Organizations and numerous Non-Governmental Organizations throughout Europe, USA, Africa and the Middle East.

IAN HACKETT

Another seasoned and extremely versatile professional, Ian Hackett has spent 28 years working with International Humanitarian Agencies, Government Organizations and International Companies around the world. A qualified pilot and logistician, Hackett became a Director of Steyning International in 1983, one of the worlds first specialist procurement companies working with aid organizations. He was later a founding member of Tri-Med Ltd. Hackett was Managing Director of Arun International Procurement And Consultancy Services Ltd., (AIPACS) ) from 1990 until early 2004 when he joined up with Barry Burns, the founder of Overseas Aid Consultancy Group, to form AIPACS OAC the procurement and logistics arm of Overseas Aid Consultancy Group Ltd. Throughout his career Ian Hackett has been directly involved in the supply of thousands of tons of emergency disaster / refugee relief goods reconstruction and rehabilitation projects to Thailand (UNHCR) Ethiopia, Sudan, Mozambique, Angola, Somalia (UNICEF), Turkey, India (IFRC) Afghanistan, Iraq/Kurdistan, Croatia, Bosnia Hercegovina, Kosovo and Sierra Leone.

Ian Hackett has amassed considerable first hand experience in the conceptual planning and implementation of programmes, large scale purchasing operations, shipping & logistics, contract negotiation, budgeting and distribution of funds for programmes and project rescue operations. A key feature of his work has been to ensure that goods and services have been purchased as cheaply as possible without compromising quality and ensuring that projects have been operated with maximum efficiency and cost effectiveness. Hackett and Burns have developed AIPACS OAC into one of the most reputable procurement and consultancy companies currently operating in the International Aid arena.

CHRISTOPHER SHILLINGLAW

Christopher Shillinglaw is a highly experienced operations executive highly trained in the systems and handling of civil engineering equipment and foodstuffs with specific emphasis on hostile climates. Shillinglaw spent 12 years developing a U.K. company from a single product specialist into a multi-product diversified company with Middle East joint venture partners and European Agencies. He has also held management positions in Ireland and in Nigeria. Since 1996 he has run Shillinglaw & Shillinglaw Ltd as Managing Director and has developed the company into one of the leading specialist consultancy & supply companies in the world. He has travelled extensively, providing management services and training for numerous projects including life support for 45,000 staff in desert conditions in Saudi Arabia, running a sugar plantation in the Sudan and setting up management systems for an Intravenous Solution Plant in Armenia.

Shillinglaw has considerable experience in procurement and supply to both International Aid Organizations for emergency relief projects and Multi-national Corporations involved in survey and exploration projects around the world. He has also conducted interviews with the BBC and CNN on Emergency Aid Supplies and survival in disaster / war zones and written papers for Strategic Logistics Management Publications.

Chris Shillinglaw is a Qualified Management Instructor / Trainer and a Quality Assurance Management Consultant for ISO 9000 with successful achievement for a large number of companies to ISO 9000 QA Standards and JAR 145. Shillinglaw has also worked as a consultant for leading London insurance assessors on Project Risk Assessment (PRA) in the Caucuses, West Africa and the Arabian Peninsular.

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