Ammunition management advisory team

Andy Grantham joined the GICHD in September 2016. As Technical Advisor within the newly formed Ammunition Management Advisory Team (AMAT), he provides rapid technical assistance to national authorities in the safe and secure ammunition management, including through the framework of the UN SaferGuard quick-response mechanism. He further conducts longer-term technical support and outreach to national authorities, donors and relevant organisations on IATG-compliant ammunition stockpile management systems and procedures.

Prior to joining the GICHD, Andy Grantham was a Mentor and Trainer of UN troops in Mali concentrating on EOD and IEDD. He started his career with the British Army as an Ammunition Technician. He has worked as an Explosives Safety Advisor at the Atomic Weapons Establishment in the UK, as well as in NGOs and commercial companies in Libya, Afghanistan and Mali. Andy Grantham gained his ammunition and explosives technical qualifications whilst in the British Army.

• Organisation Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)
• Division Ammunition management advisory team
• Unit Capacities and Methods
• E-mail a.grantham(at)gichd.org
• Working Languages English