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Clients

 

“Working with Daryl and Daryl Upsall Consulting International was a successful and enjoyable experience for me. In addition to the characteristic efficiency and effective communication what I valued much was the personal touch and advice from Daryl in the course the exercise.”
Ramesh Singh
Chief Executive
ActionAid International
www.actionaid.org

 

“WSPA has been building a new HQ team and have relied heavily upon the expertise of Daryl Upsall in finding exactly the right individuals to join us from across the international fundraising community. Because Daryl understands fundraising, and knows our sector and the people in it so well, he understands what the client really needs, and who will fit your particular working culture.  I also entirely trust his integrity and his commitment to doing what is right for WSPA – his genuine passion for the work of our sector means he wants only the right people to join the right organisations.”
Amanda Seller
International Director of Marketing and Communications
World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)
www.wspa-international.org   

 

"Over the last 25 years when at Aide et Action, UNICEF or UNHCR, I had several opportunities to work with Daryl Upsall Consulting: be it for recruiting the right people or research potential fundraising markets or when in need of a good telemarketing expert company, I always found with Daryl's team what I needed. And what matters most for us fundraisers, the results were just there!!! One more point, when Daryl Upsall Consulting knows they cannot do the job you want them to do, they simply tell you upfront!! A great sign of professionalism and the right approach to our NGO world!"
Pierre-Bernard Le Bas
Vice-President Fundraising
CBM-Christian Blind Mission
www.cbmi.org 

 

Daryl and his team at DUCI have superbly synergised their expertise; experience and a can do approach in their work with us. We have found all this, combined with Daryl’s personal touch, to be invaluable.
Matthew Reed,
Marketing Director,
Christian Aid
www.christian-aid.org.uk

 

“It has been a pleasure to work with Daryl Upsall: thanks to his global vision, experience and knowledge the Spanish Committee for UNHCR has been able to grow so quickly. The help and support he has brought us has been is invaluable”.
Francesco Sciacca
Fundraising and marketing Director
UNHCR Spain
www.eacnur.org

 

“Daryl Upsall is something unique: a truly international consultant in fundraising and non-profit management. We have in UNICEF benefited a lot from his vast experience and insight.”
Per Stenbeck
Former Deputy Director Private Sector Division
UNICEF
www.unicef.org

 

"An intelligent and experienced consultant who knows the international fundraising world well." 
Ruud Tombrock
Director of Communications and Fundraising
Red Cross Netherlands
www.rodekruis.nl

 

“HelpAge International has benefited greatly from the professional, engaged and supportive work of Daryl. Both the formal work has been done to a very high standard and the informal support has been very important.”
Richard Blewitt
CEO
HelpAge international
www.helpage.org

 

"Whether implementing a fundraising campaign, providing strategic advice or assisting in recruitment, Daryl Upsall Consulting International has always delivered great results."
Sergio Furman
Vice President of Development
Conservation International
Former Marketing and Fundraising Director
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and former UNICEF
www.paralympic.org

 

“Daryl brings experience, instinct, passion and current comprehensive knowledge to his non-profit consultancy.  He takes on your cause as his own, never tiring, and in my experience brings enormous energy to all that he does.  From staff recruitment to end to end fundraising consultancy Daryl delivers!”
Helen McEachern
International Director, Fundraising and Communications
ActionAid International
www.actionaid.org

 

"An intelligent, tenacious and highly experienced consultant who always puts together a great field and who crucially understands that really intuitive casting is all…."
Paul Hamann
Chair and Trustee
Reprieve, Human Rights Campaign
www.reprieve.org.uk

 

“There are few who have the depth of knowledge or breadth of experience and real achievement as that possessed by Daryl and Daryl Upsall Consulting International. If I want to know if anything is possible or practical anywhere in the world, then Daryl Upsall Consulting is my first port of call”
Laurie Gardner MInstF FIDM FRSA
Director of Fundraising
Quarriers
www.quarriers.org.uk

 

“I have found the level of preparation and communication which Daryl and Daryl Upsall Consulting International maintain throughout the recruitment process to be exemplary. They get to the core of what the client requires and the fact that they really understand our business is a huge benefit. “
Colin McCallum
Vice President, GCU Foundation and Director of Development,
Glasgow Caledonian University
www.gcal.ac.uk

And
Vice President,
Grenzebach Glier + Associates
www.grenzebachglier.com

 

“I am very pleased with the results of our Director of Development search and am happy to refer you and your firm to others.”
Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell (Former Prime Minister of Canada)
Former Secretary General
Club de Madrid
PROMOTING DEMOCRACY THAT DELIVERS
www.clubmadrid.org

 

"I had the opportunity to work with Daryl Upsall Consulting International on several occasion when recruiting top notch fundraisers for very specific jobs. They have always delivered 10/10, which made my job easier, and I'm grateful for their high level of professionalism''.
Mario Fetz
Head of Private Donor Relations
United Nations World Food Programme
www.wfp.org
Former International Marketing & Fundraising Director WWF International

 

“Scottish Opera benefitted enormously in its search for a new Director of Development and Fundraising from the skills, resources and sheer global reach of Daryl Upsall and his team. The gene pool and calibre of the potential candidates was definitely expanded through working closely with Daryl. In addition we benefited from the sector expertise and an up-to-date awareness of the current market place and possible candidates. All good. Thank you.”
Alex Reedijk
General Director
Scottish Opera
www.scottishopera.org.uk

 

“We were highly impressed with the network Daryl was able to draw on.  Working with DUCI and Global Charity Jobs was invaluable in our search for the perfect candidate.”
Jim Walker
Chief Operating Officer
The Climate Group
www.theclimategroup.org

 

"I have enjoyed Daryl's personal involvement when we worked with DUCI. It always gave me the confidence that my priorities were high on his agenda, an extremely important component in a relationship based on trust"
Marco De Ponte
International Director Europe, New Countries, Planning
Segretario Generale Italia
ActionAid International
www.actionaid.org

 

“The decision we took at Habitat for Humanity Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office of hiring Daryl Upsall’s service to conduct a market and feasibility study was the wisest decision we could had taken.  The study results Daryl presented to us were honest, realistic and accurate.  The study Daryl conducted showed what was feasible and what was not.  It was a perfect guide to plan and start our initiative.  On the personal side, Daryl is a friend one can count on, whenever one has a question for him.  Every time I come to Madrid, he is available to meet.”
Dimas Madriz
Supervisor
Habitat for Humanity Foundation Spain
www.habitat.org

 

“Daryl and his team took on a challenging project with a very tight timeframe.  They were able to provide broad overviews and follow-up with very specific detailed options to inform our internal process.  Daryl took the project very seriously and was sure to identify our exact needs to be sure his team fulfilled the scope of work.  DUCI ensured a high quality outcome and even checked in afterward to be sure we had everything we needed.  For all of these reasons, I highly recommend DUCI.”
Christine Samuel
Associate Director, Alliance Partnerships
Save the Children USA
www.savechildren.org

 

"Over the years, Daryl has regularly provided us with inspiring and challenging presentations on fundraising. It is amazing how Daryl has often presented and analysed our own future key challenges. We are always impressed by Daryl's ability to share ideas in such passionate way, that you feel like you can always do something to change the reality."
Jean François Goulay
Manager, Training and Development Unit
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
www.ifrc.org

 

“Since I took on the role of Fundraising Manager for The John Aspinall Foundation Daryl has always been on the end of a phone or email to support me as a mentor, his experience and those of the contacts he recommends have contributed to the development of a sound fundraising programme from which we can now start to build a diverse mix to hopefully safeguard the future of endangered animals.”
Sarah Tite
Head of Fundraising
The John Aspinall Foundation (UK)
www.totallywild.net

 

"We were very pleased with Daryl and his team's support to us in the recruitment process. They demonstrated a keen capacity to listen and understand quickly the profile of the target candidates, to know where to find them at the international level, and to work in such an efficient and personal manner that we did not feel that we were working through an external consultant, but rather with a colleague within our own organisation."
Leonardo Lacerda
Environment Programme Director
Oak Philanthropy Limited
www.oakfnd.ch

 

Colleagues

‘I’ve worked closely with Daryl Upsall for the best part of 20 years and he remains, in my experience, one of the most consistently imaginative, entrepreneurial and effective fundraisers of his (or any other) generation. The multi-talented international service company that he has created is a jewel of the fundraising profession worldwide.’
Ken Burnett
International fundraising guru and author
www.kenburnett.com

 

“Daryl Upsall simply knows more people in fundraising throughout the world than anyone I've ever met - and he's been that way for two decades now”
George Smith
Author and Fundraising and Marketing Guru (UK)
Former Chairman of the UK’s Institute of Direct Marketing  and Honorary Fellow of the IDM and the Institute of  Fundraising

 

“Daryl is one of the giants of the international fundraising world, with an astonishing depth of experience and an impressive scale to his successes. He is respected and admired by all those who know him, and I am proud to be one of them.”
John Baguley
PhD MBA MInstF
Director,
International Fundraising Consultancy (IFC)
www.ifc.tc

 

"Daryl Upsall has been a valued colleague for many years.  I consider him one of the world's best fundraisers, no kidding!  And as a presenter, Canadian audiences love him."
Steve Thomas
Chair and Creative Director
Stephen Thomas – Leading Canadian Fundraising Agency
www.stephenthomas.ca
Former Chair of the Canadian Fundraising Congress

 

“Daryl was a vital member of the volunteer team working for the ANC, which I Chaired, when we were raising funds for the first democratic election for South Africa. He was a great addition full of ideas, great energy, enthusiasm and always having a keen eye on how we could achieve more influence and raise more money. He knows what is new and exciting but also what works!”
Lyndall Stein
Former Chief Executive
Concern Worldwide UK
www.concern.net

 

“I have been working in fundraising for 30 years.  I have trained thousands of fundraisers, on five continents, and know most of the leading fundraisers in the world.  I can assure you that Daryl Upsall is one of the very few fundraising geniuses. He's truly devoted to good causes, and more importantly he actually knows how to raise a lot of money for them”
Harvey McKinnon
President
Harvey McKinnon Associates
www.harveymckinnon.com

 

“Working with Daryl Upsall means benefiting from the highest professional competence based on many years of sound experience regarding the challenges of international and national NGO's"
Dr Thilo Bode
Chief Executive
Foodwatch – Germany
www.foodwatch.de
Former Executive Director of Greenpeace International

 

"When it comes to understanding how personnel, technology, techniques, national markets and fundraising strategies are combined to create a winning global fundraising program no one does it better than Daryl Upsall and the folks at Daryl Upsall International Consulting.”
Roger Craver
Fundraising guru, Founder, Craver,Mathews, Smith & Co.(USA)
and Delphi Fundraising and Membership Development (The Netherlands)
www.cravermathewssmith.com

 

“Daryl’s grasp of the INGO field is outstanding - and he brings to his work a profound understanding of the processes and challenges they face. “
Bernard Ross
Director
The Management Centre (UK)
www.managementcentre.co.uk

 

“Daryl Upsall Consulting has the depth and breadth of experience to take today's organisations from where they are to where they want -- and need -- to be in today's and tomorrow's shifting environment.  They have an encyclopedic (even wikipedic!) knowledge of the marketplace; of how donors are changing; and, how to harness these forces for deeper donor commitment.  As one of the foremost international consulting agencies in the world, they are the proof that "globalisation" has its benefits.”
Jennie Thompson
Fundraising Counsel
Washington DC, USA

 

"Daryl and his team have reached new heights as a global recruiting and placement firm.  There simply aren't any others in the same league."
Geoff Peters,
President and CEO,
Creative Direct Response
CDR Fundraising Group,
United States
www.cdr-nfl.com

 

“Daryl Upsall and his colleagues have helped us enormously in trying to establish fundraising in the cultural sector in Spain. Their local knowledge and high level of fundraising professionalism matches our special expertise in the cultural sector and we are now beginning to see the results. It looks like this could result in the development of major new income streams for Spanish cultural bodies.”
David Dixon
Director,
David Dixon Associates
Leading Cultural Sector Fundraising Agency
www.ddassociates.co.uk

 

“Daryl is one of those rare fundraisers who can not only see the trends before they happen, but plan, and implement them successfully for clients. He predicts the future and then makes his clients money by realizing those predictions. Oracle of Delphi or fundraiser – both in my estimation”
Mike Johnston
President
Hewitt and Johnston Consultants (Canada)
www.hjcnewmedia.com

 

"Daryl Upsall revolutionized Greenpeace as International Marketing Director. Daryl Upsall Consulting International is revolutionizing many organizations with a mix of creative strategies and great marketing operations¨
Marcelo Iñarra Iraegui
TC - Tribe Chief
www.marceloiniarra.com
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