Petronella Mwasandube, OBE

Executive MBA, BSc, RN

Petronella is a Health Performance & Leadership Consultant with 30 years experience in the Health Service Management as a Senior Nurse Executive. 
Awarded the Queen’s Honour of OBE (Order of British Empire) in 2000, Royal College of Nursing’s Leadership Award in 1999 and the Federation of Black Housing organisation’s Consultant of the Year in 2005.  Petronella specialises in and has a track record of initiation of successful key health service projects e.g. Service Reviews, Strategy Development, Training and Leadership Development and Networking Programmes in Health private and other public sector organisations. 

Petronella is also an International Consultant working with Geneva Health Forum, University of Oxford, University of London SOAS (Governance Programme) and The Tropical Health Education Trust on Health Strengthening, capacity building and addressing the healthcare skills shortage in Somaliland, Tanzania and other parts of Africa.  She has also worked with Muhimbili National Hospital, Muhimbili University of Health Allied Sciences, Mbozi Missionary Hospital and made links with Ifakara Health Institute.

Petronella has extensive experience of developing and facilitation of Senior Health Executive and Managers Programmes as well as running Clinical Nurse Leadership Programmes for development of better clinical practice and robust Leadership in clinical areas.  Some of the Training Programmes she offers include:

• Executive and Management Development Programmes (5 day workshops)
• Leadership: Styles and Theories and Leadership Competences
• Strategy: Service Sector Strategy, Strategic Management, Strategic thinking
• Service Quality & Quality Improvement Programmes for Health and Public Sector:
• Monitoring and Evaluation of Health Programmes
• Performance Management/Managing Change
• Team working/team building (communication skills/personal branding)
• Emotional Intelligence
• Decision making and problem solving
• Capacity Building
• Change management and application of Models for Change

Petronella is an associate of Kazi Services Limited since 2010, bringing a wealth of experience in health systems strengthening and building human resources for health. 

 Petrollena is married to Mr. Danny Masandube and lives in UK and Dar es Salaam.   Her work takes her to other places of Africa and Europe