Our Trainers

Peter Grzic is an international humanitarian and disaster management expert, renowned for his exceptional leadership and cultural proficiency. He is also an experienced associate trainer and has been teaching on RedR Australia’s courses for many years.

Peter has remarkable coordination, liaison and facilitation skills. He has worked for UN agencies, governments, NGOs and the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, with experience spanning the Pacific, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Europe.

Peter loves to share his knowledge with course participants, providing valuable guidance in global humanitarian systems, crisis management and navigating complex environments.

Listen to Peter on our Humanitarian Conversations podcast.

Aseel is a seasoned expert in gender-based issues and training. Hailing from Jordan, she has 13 years of professional experience in humanitarian and emergency settings. She has worked extensively in emergency contexts across various international NGOs and UN agencies, with assignments spanning the MENA region, East and West Africa, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific. She has also worked in humanitarian-development nexus programming.

Aseel provides technical advisory services in gender-based violence (GBV), protection from sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA), safeguarding, and safe programming. She is an experienced humanitarian leader with diverse roles managing multifaceted projects and large teams, in addition to navigating donors and budgets.

Aseel is passionate about training, adult learning, and capacity development in the humanitarian sector. With a strong foundation in learning and development for humanitarian programming, she firmly believes in the power of knowledge sharing and its profound impact on the humanitarian field. She is adept in designing and delivering training programs in humanitarian interventions, emergency coordination, gender-based violence, PSEA, safeguarding, and safety and security.

Daniel is a seasoned security risk management consultant with over 14 years of experience in incident response, crisis management and security training. With a PhD in Security Risk Management from Coventry University, he specialises in humanitarian and corporate security, with extensive experience in hostile environments.

Daniel leads OSAR Consultancy, providing bespoke risk solutions globally. He has worked with the UN, UK government, and private sectors, including overseeing security for 6,000 staff in 56 countries at Herbalife. A passionate trainer, Daniel regularly delivers Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) and crisis management courses worldwide.

Carly has had extensive experience in over twenty countries since joining the humanitarian sector in 2005, across East and West Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and the Pacific. She has worked in natural disasters and conflict responses in a range of different roles including programme management, accountability to affected populations, information management, and response coordination in INGOs and the UN.

Carly has deployed with RedR twice, to the conflict-affected region of Mindanao in the Philippines with WFP, and to UNICEF for a flood response in Pakistan. She has spent the majority of the past 15 years with OXFAM in both field and headquarters roles, and is currently the Accountability Advisor for their Global Humanitarian Team where she supports field teams globally to improve the quality of their programming. Carly holds a Masters degree in International Affairs from ANU.