About Me
I'm Victoria, a systems-change evaluation and GEDSI specialist based in Rotterdam.
I work with foundations, development finance institutions, UN agencies, INGOs, and government bodies to understand whether complex, multi-year programmes are genuinely shifting systems, and what to do when the evidence says they aren't.
My work sits at the intersection of three areas I care about deeply: climate and circular economy transitions, gender equity and social inclusion, and the craft of rigorous evaluation that actually informs decisions. I've spent the last six years embedded in some of the most demanding portfolio evaluation work in the sector (conducting outcome harvesting at scale, facilitating sensemaking with senior leadership, and building evaluation frameworks designed for complexity rather than against it).
Before this I spent two years as a Peace Corps Community Development Advisor in Comoros, an experience that shaped how I think about community-level change, participatory approaches, and the gap between what programmes intend and what actually happens on the ground.
My Master's thesis asked what motivates women entrepreneurs to build circular businesses in Brazil. That question still sits at the heart of a lot of what I do: who benefits from transitions, and who gets left behind.
I'm multilingual, globally experienced, and genuinely curious. I think evaluation done well is one of the most powerful tools we have for building more equitable and sustainable systems. I'm always interested in working with organisations that take that seriously.
AT A GLANCE
6+ years in complex systems-change evaluation
500+ outcomes analysed annually (Laudes Foundation portfolio)
50+ Key Informant Interviews across 4 continents
10+ countries of evaluation and fieldwork experience
Clients include foundations, development finance institutions, UN agencies, INGOs, and government bodies
Methods: Outcome Harvesting · Developmental Evaluation · Contribution Analysis · Rubric-Based MEL · Theory of Change Development · GEDSI Frameworks · Mixed Methods · Dedoose · Qualtrics
MA Globalisation, Business & Development (Thesis: Women entrepreneurs and circular economy in Brazil)
BA International & Cultural Studies Minor: Latin American Studies & Communication
LANGUAGES
English — Native
Portuguese — Working Proficient
Spanish — Working Proficient
Italian - Speaking Proficient
Comorian — Speaking Proficient
French — Basic / Strong Comprehension
Dutch — Basic / Strong Comprehension
Multilingual research capability is central to my work; I have conducted document analysis and contributed to findings in Portuguese, Spanish, and French across multiple projects.
The Heart Behind Tully's Consultancy
As an independent consultancy, everything I do is guided by the values that shape who I am and why I work in this field. At Tully’s Consultancy, my mission and values are not just statements — they are the foundation of every partnership, decision, and piece of work.
Mission Statement
I enable inclusive and circular solutions by connecting people, simplifying complexity, and building trust with integrity; creating the space for others to grow, lead, and drive systemic transformation.
How I work: three committments
Inclusion is a design choice, not a headcount. The most common tell that a programme's GEDSI work is not real is this: the targets are about representation rather than whether experience or power has actually changed. I design MEL systems that ask the harder question from the start; not as an add-on to what already exists, but as a condition of how the whole thing is built.
Honest evidence is more useful than comfortable evidence. Findings that would genuinely change something, that would require a programme to adapt or a funder to reconsider, often get softened and filed in an annex. I do not write findings that way. Softened evidence protects no one. The organisations I work with best are the ones who already know this.
Complexity is where the most important change happens. The programmes working on systems change and circular transitions are tackling the hardest problems, and they are also the ones most likely to be told their work is too complex to evaluate properly. That difficulty is not a reason for simpler methods. It is a reason for better ones.
Partnerships
TC wouldn’t be anything without partnerships and collectives. Here are just a few of the incredible collaborations/collectives that Tully’s Consult is apart of!
