Professional Experience:
May 2021 - Present
Yuki Gotanda Coaching & Consulting Inc. (www.yukigotanda.net)
Career Transition/Retirement Coach for the International Development/Humanitarian Professionals
I work with the international development / humanitarian professionals in career transition, including:
• Mid-career professionals who wish to transition into international development / humanitarian careers.
• International development / humanitarian professionals who are transitioning into new roles.
• International development / humanitarian professionals considering leaving the field and looking for new career paths (finding a job in the home country, starting a small business, etc.)
• Spouses & partners of international development/humanitarian professionals who are looking for flexible careers.
• International development / humanitarian professionals transitioning into retirement.
I also provide the following services for the organizations:
• Non-financial retirement coaching as an employee benefit
• Expat accompanying spouse/partner career coaching
• Career transition/development coaching for employees (employees transition into new roles, cross-cultural adaptation, departing employees, etc.)
• Conflict management coaching.
To find out more about my coaching service, please visit: www.yukigotanda.net
May 2019 - June 2020
World Federation of Hemophilia, Canada
Head, Regional Development (Maternity Cover for the Director)
March 2019 – April 2019
CANADEM, Ukraine International Election Observer (Mission Canada 2019, Ukraine Presidential Election)
October 2017 – September 2018
Consultant
World Food Programme
Rome, Italy
July 2013 – October 2016
Deputy Chief Air Transport Officer (Management Support)
World Food Programme
Kinshasa, DRC
May 2009 – July 2013
Consultant
World Food Programme
• Abeche, Chad/Bamako, Mali July 2012 – June 2013
• Nouakchott, Mauritania March 2012 – April 2012
• N’Djamena, Chad February 2012 – March 2012
• Addis Ababa, Ethiopia June 2011 – February 2012
• El Fasher, Sudan June 2010 – November 2010
• Juba, South Sudan May 2009 – April 2010
February 2008 – October 2008
Programme Analyst
United Nations Development Programme, Regional Centre for Asia/
Pacific Crisis Prevention and Recovery Unit, Bangkok, Thailand
December 2001 – February 2008
Field Manager
Intermap Technologies Inc.,
Indonesia (Aceh, Yogyakarta, Jakarta, Makassar, Batam, Medan, Balikpapan, Pekanbaru, and Pontianak, etc.); Solomon Islands; Philippines; US; Canada; UK; and Ireland.
May 2001 – December 2001
Geo-technician
Fondex Outaouais
Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
April 1995 – July 1998
Field Coordinator / Engineering Geologist / Site Representative
Nissaku Company Limited
Niigata, Japan