Key skills and expertise

Bringing over 21 years of experience, the expert is proficient in program management, economic growth, strategic communications, and private-sector engagement. Career highlights include directing large-scale projects, such as a $21 million USAID initiative in Bangladesh, and collaborating with international partners like CIMMYT and Georgia Tech. Responsibilities have included leading teams, managing budgets, and implementing capacity-building initiatives. Accomplishments encompass enhancing domestic production and export readiness, and promoting economic resiliency through innovative solutions. The expert has held leadership roles, driving strategic solutions for private-sector engagement and economic growth across multiple countries.

Project experience and donor exposure

With a background in international development, the expert has collaborated with donors such as USAID, contributing to projects like the $21 million USAID Feed the Future Activity in Bangladesh. This work focused on market systems development and economic growth. The expert's involvement includes project implementation, capacity building, and strategic communications. The projects have been sector-specific, targeting economic empowerment and agricultural development, and have taken place in geographic locations including Bangladesh, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

Sectors and geographic focus

Worked across diverse sectors including food security, labor market and employment, micro-finance, poverty reduction, institutional development, SME and private sector, and marketing. Previously held roles such as program and project lead, consultant, and coordinator, with responsibilities in capacity building, strategic communications, and market systems development. The expert possesses interdisciplinary expertise in economic empowerment and private-sector engagement, with a geographic scope that includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iraq, and the Marshall Islands, addressing regional development challenges and fostering cross-sector collaboration for sustainable outcomes. Extensive geographic experience spans Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iraq, Lebanon, the Marshall Islands, Mexico, and the UAE, with deep familiarity with local governance and cultural dynamics, particularly in Afghanistan and Bangladesh, where significant long-term assignments have been undertaken.

Languages and education

With a background in international settings, the expert is a native English speaker with proficiency in Spanish. Additionally, there is elementary proficiency in French and basic skills in both Arabic and Marshallese. These language competences have been utilized in diverse international settings, including in-country work across Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iraq, Lebanon, the Marshall Islands, Mexico, and the UAE, as well as in collaboration with multilingual teams on various international development projects. The expert holds a Master of Arts in International Law from the United Nations mandated University for Peace in Costa Rica, with relevant coursework in Dispute Settlement, International Economic Law, Maritime Law, and Labor Law. Additionally, the expert has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Fordham University in New York, USA, with coursework in Marketing & Management, Economics, and Information & Computer Systems.