Sectors of professional activity: Environment & NRM, Water & Sanitation, Land & Erosion & Soil; Spoken languages: English, French; Citizenships: France, Nigeria; Countries of professional experience: Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Ecuador, Ethiopia, France, Ghana, Guinea, Indonesia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Seychelles, Sudan, Turkey, USA, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Description: Civil and Environmental Engineer with 25 years post-graduation experience and more than 20 years of experience in hydrological studies, hydrometric application (hands-on experience in designing, operation, and management of hydrological and hydrometric networks for water resources development), flood, and drought forecasting, sediment management, and river basin modelling. The expert holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Civil Engineering from the Federal University of Technology Minna in Nigeria and a Master of Science degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in the United Kingdom. They earned a doctorate degree for research on hydrology and river sediment transport of the Niger River from the Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble France. They are experienced in operational hydrology (data collection, analysis) as well as in flood modelling and forecasting. Present position: Hydrology Expert. Key qualifications: Civil and Environmental Engineer with 22 years post-graduation experience and more than 16 years of experience in hydrological studies, hydrometric application (hands-on experience in designing, operation, and management of hydrological and hydrometric networks for water resources development), flood, and drought forecasting, sediment management, and river basin modelling. Experienced in operational hydrology (data collection, analysis) as well as in flood modelling and forecasting. Extensive experience in West Africa and particularly on the Niger River basin (including the Benue River basin).