Key skills and expertise

Bringing over 21 years of experience in executive management and leadership within the health and humanitarian sectors, the expert excels in high-level advisory, leadership capacity building, and project development and management in both humanitarian and development settings. Responsibilities have included leading complex international and national human resources teams and coordinating public health emergencies. Career highlights include managing multi-million-dollar budgets and executing successful health interventions. Previously held roles such as Country Director and Regional Humanitarian Health Adviser, the expert has demonstrated accomplishments in donor relations and capacity building across multiple African countries.

Project experience and donor exposure

Worked across diverse projects involving collaboration with international donors such as the EU, USAID, OFDA, DFID, Swiss Cooperation, UNICEF, CERF UNOCHA, UNHCR, WFP, WHO, and UNFPA. The expert's involvement has included project implementation, capacity building, and coordination in the health sector. These projects, both regional and national in scope, focused on public health emergencies and humanitarian responses in countries like Mali, South Sudan, Chad, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Djibouti, and Mali.

Sectors and geographic focus

With a background in diverse sectors including health, fundraising, training, conflict resolution, human resources, program and resource management, and disaster reduction, the expert has held executive roles such as Country Director and Regional Humanitarian Health Adviser. Responsibilities have included leadership, operations management, and capacity building. The expert's interdisciplinary expertise encompasses health systems strengthening and humanitarian coordination. The geographic scope of work spans multiple African countries, implementing and managing projects in both humanitarian and development contexts. Extensive geographic experience includes significant roles in Mali, Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad, South Sudan, Sudan, Cameroon, Burundi, Niger, Central African Republic, Djibouti, and Geneva, with deep familiarity with local governance and cultural dynamics.

Languages and education

Background includes positions in multilingual environments, with native proficiency in French and very good written and oral proficiency in English. The expert also has good oral and written skills in Swahili and basic knowledge of Arabic, Hausa, and Kirundi. These language competencies have been utilized in various professional contexts, including in-country work in Africa and managing multilingual teams in international humanitarian and development projects. The expert holds a Doctorate Degree in Human Medicine, Delivery & Surgery from the Catholic University of Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo and a State Diploma from Salama Technical Institute, also located in the Democratic Republic of Congo.