Hilton Johnson
Principal
New Zealand
MA Forced Migration Studies (University of the Witwatersrand)
Postgraduate Diploma in Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (University of the Western Cape)
BCom Information Systems, Commerce and Economics (University of South Africa)
Diploma in Data Metrics (University of South Africa)
Hilton is a Principal Consultant and heads Synergy Training global practice. He brings over two decades of international experience in the development, renewables, and extractives sectors in Southern Africa and Latin America. Specialising in people empowerment and process transformation, Hilton excels in designing and delivering training programmes linked to Social Performance Competency Frameworks. His skills include socio-economic impact analysis (especially in resettlement and livelihoods), stakeholder and community engagement, socio-economic development, programme and project management, capacity building, content design, and monitoring and evaluation. Hilton uses his extensive experience to support systems-level social transformation by improving the capacity of Synergy and its client teams. Currently, his focus is on leveraging human-centered design and systems-level thinking to enhance the practice and impact of social performance.
Awards, Memberships and Accreditations
| Certificate – GIZ Climate Leadership Plus Program 2013/2014: Leadership for Sustainable Energy Transitions Certificate – Citizen Oversight of Public Policies and Programs sub-Saharan Africa Learning Alliance Participant Graduate Coursework in Political Science, Sociology and Anthropology Certificate – Systems Analysis and Programming Evidence and Lessons from Latin America (ELLA) funded by the Department For International Development (DFID) |