Alain Onibon, PhD

PhD.Institutional Economist  Economist 

Dr. Alain Onibon is an institutional economist. He has a background of a agriculture engineer and holds a PhD in institutional analysis and development from Radboud University in Nijmegen - the Netherlands. He has more than 25 years of experience in the formulation, implementation support, troubleshooting, and evaluation of development projects and programs, in many countries. He has a good knowledge of international development agencies (multilateral and bilateral), as he has worked (as staff) and performed consultancy missions for many of them. His expertise covers a wide range of areas, including agriculture value chains, natural resources management, capacity building, advisory services to governments and inter-governmental agencies, territorial development, decentralization and devolution, policy support and mainstreaming implementation instruments into policies. He has also held high level managerial and representation functions, which give him a solid experience in team management, communication, negotiation, and problem solving. Dr. Onibon is committed to promoting locally grounded institutions as the vehicle for genuine and sustainable development.

Alfonso Cabrillo Losada

Civil Engineer

M. Alfonso Cabrillo Losada, ingénieur civil, possède une longue expérience de travail dans les domaines des investissements publics en infrastructures, le développement institutionnel et l'analyse des politiques et stratégies dans les pays en développement. Après avoir travaillé avec succès pendant une dizaine d’années en tant que gestionnaire de portefeuille d'infrastructures (administrateur) du Fonds européen de développement dans diverses régions d'Afrique subsaharienne, M. Cabrilllo a développé de nouvelles idées dans les domaines de la transformation urbaine et de la mobilité urbaine qu’il a mis en œuvre à Maputo, au Mozambique, avec plusieurs partenaires. Il est un consultant régulier auprès de grandes institutions de développement telles que la Banque mondiale, l'AFD, le FENU et l'EKN.

Alfonso est familier avec les approches sectorielles et les réformes institutionnelles et a l'habitude de participer au niveau diplomatique et ministériel au dialogue politique, à la coordination et aux négociations. Il a produit et contribué à produire des évaluations, des notes politiques et des études de faisabilité dans les secteurs de l'urbanisme, du transport, de l'énergie, de l'eau et de l'assainissement, avec un accent particulier sur les solutions du secteur privé et l'adaptation au changement climatique.

Elizabeth Dyke, PhD

Health and Social Development Expert

Dr. Elizabeth Dyke has worked in health and social development for 25 years, with the past decade as a consultant. Her consulting work includes evaluation, research, and capacity development in areas such as HIV, sexual and reproductive health services, nutrition, gender, health systems strengthening, neglected tropical diseases, maternal and child health, and child, early and forced marriage. Her clients include various UN agencies, donors, governments, and NGOs. She has a PhD in Population Health from the University of Ottawa, and Bachelor and Master degrees in Sociology (focused on gender) from University of Alberta and Dalhousie University respectively. Dr. Dyke has worked on projects in many countries including Canada, the US, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Congo, Egypt, Turkey, Myanmar, Philippines, and Thailand. She has also remotely worked on projects in Burundi, Senegal, Madagascar, Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone.

Eric Kouam, PhD

Health and Nutrition Expert

Dr Camille Eric Kouam is a Health and Nutrition Expert. He is a Medical Doctor, and he holds a Master in Public Health, School of Public Health of the Free University of Brussels, Belgium and another Master in Nutrition from Gent University, Belgium. He is currently finalising a PhD in international nutrition at the University of Montreal, Canada. Dr Kouam has over ten years of experience in planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating health and nutrition interventions in low- middle-income countries of Africa and Asia. He has worked with United Nation agencies and other multilateral institutions and NGOs, developing capacities and strategies for strengthening the health systems and community structures, the goal being to improve access to health services to the most vulnerable.

Jacques Lefèvre

Data Manager

Mr. Jacques Lefèvre holds a M.Sc. in Computer Sciences of Namur University in Belgium. He has over 28 years of experience in the field of information technology in 25 countries. Having worked for both the public and private sectors, he has extensive experience in supporting development teams with a focus on the design of data structures, the implementation of databases and data management. He is acting as the team leader of the data management team on our UNICEF Third-party monitoring projects in fragile states, including Afghanistan.

Malick Diop

Information technology manager

Mr. Diop is an experienced information technology manager with more than 13 years of excellent career records and managing business operations and promoting organizational growth over 11 countries in Africa. He has an extensive experience in leading team and motivating them for performance. He has experience in digital transformation strategy from the experimental level to scaling up. He also has a strong experience in fintech and mobile money service in particular and their impact on client relationships. He is a result-oriented professional with abilities to adapt to new technology and overcome problems. He has demonstrated skills in meeting business goals and strategies of the company.

Mr. Diop acts as ACT for Performance representative in Dakar, Senegal.

M. Mark Van Dorp

Economist: Expert in sustainable economic development programs in emerging markets and fragile and conflict-affected areas

Mark van Dorp is an economist with 25 years of professional experience in the field of Value Chain Analysis, Private Sector Development, sustainable economic development, economic opportunity mappings, responsible business, ESG (environmental, social and governance) issues, conflict-sensitive business, conflict analysis and peace building, with a focus on complex settings. He is fluent in Dutch, French, English and has a working knowledge of Spanish. Mark has extensive experience in delivering sustainable economic development programs in emerging markets and fragile and conflict-affected areas (including Chad, DRC, Liberia, Mali, South Sudan, Colombia, Iraq and Lebanon) and has carried out several large evaluations and impact studies. Mark has also supported Small & Medium enterprises and smallholder producers in developing their value chains. He has worked in projects funded by multinational companies, universities (including London School of Economics), NGOs (SOMO, Oxfam Novib, ICCO, ActionAid), multilateral institutions (World Bank Group/IFC, UNDP, UNHCR, IOM), the Dutch and Swedish government and the European Union. In 2017, Mark founded Bureau Van Dorp, a consultancy firm specializing in responsible business and private sector development in emerging markets and fragile and conflict-affected settings. He also works as an associate expert with ACT for Performance.

Rajan Poudel

Public Health Expert

Mr. Poudel is a Public Health Expert with educational background in Physiology (University of Alberta, Canada) and Human Nutrition (Charles Sturt University, Australia). He has about ten years of work experience in Nepal, Thailand, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Africa, Australia and Canada and extensively worked with UNICEF, WHO, NGOs and Government agencies focussing on planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluation projects to strengthen the health systems and community-based interventions. He has authored several peer reviewed publications and his research expertise lies in the areas of maternal and child health and nutrition, tobacco policy and health policy making processes.