Bachelor's in Business Administration and Management; Postgraduate in Rural Extension and Women; Master's in Gender Analysis in Development. More than 20 years' experience in senior management, programme direction and policy advisory positions; has pioneered innovations in social mobilization, local self-governance, local economic development, women's economic empowerment and leadership and civil society empowerment. Specialist in poverty reduction, civil society, gender equality and women's empowerment. Has held in-country positions in Uganda, United Kingdom, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan and Ethiopia; also served as Senior Regional Policy Adviser, Eastern Europe and CIS, Slovakia, and as Policy Adviser and Head, Policy and Technical Cluster, Regional Service Center, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Johannesburg, covering Eastern and Southern Africa; former Deputy Country Director, Ethiopia, UNDP. Since 2012, Regional Director, UN Women East and Southern Africa.