Helen Blackholly

Helen is responsible for the Technical Services Department, which includes the development of partnership best practice and channel success models and working closely with the Operations Department to ensure best practice is followed in all countries.

She is also responsible for leading the development of social marketing, client contact center strategy, medical abortion core packages, global supply chain, and health financing to assist country programmes in leveraging domestic financing opportunities.

Helen brings more than 20 years of hands-on commercial experience in demand generation. Her primary areas of expertise are: go-to-Market channel strategy development; revenue management; sales and marketing activation new product launch excellence, and designing and building effective teams.

Helen has worked in leadership roles across a range of retail and consumer goods manufacturing companies including Revlon UK, Colgate Palmolive, and Reckitt Benckiser. She has an MSc in Biological Anthropology from University College London and a Ph.D. in Food Policy from the University of Bradford.