1. Leadership
  2. Staff List

Leadership

Arun Baral

Chief Executive Officer

Wolfgang Pfeiffer

Senior Advisor

Lynn Brown

Director Policy, Strategy, and the Africa Region

Dr. Erick Boy

Chief Nutritionist

Sakile Kudita

Country Manager, Zimbabwe; Research Fellow

Fouad Dollah Yusuf

Acting Country Manager, Nigeria

Sylvia Magezi

Country Manager, Uganda

Binu Cherian

Country Manager, India

Dellings Phiri

Country Manager, Malawi

M. Yaqub Mujahid

Country Manager, Pakistan

Dr. Md. Khairul Bashar

Senior Advisor, Bangladesh

Sulaiman Ginting

Country Manager, Indonesia

Howarth Bouis

Founding Director, HarvestPlusĀ  Emeritus Fellow, IFPRI

Staff List

The HarvestPlus global team of more than 120 people take a multidisciplinary, multisectoral approach to advancing nutrient-enriched staple crops through effective partnerships, with the goal of improving lives by addressing hidden hunger worldwide. Their skillsets span seed and food value chains; crop research and development; and nutrition research; policy engagement; communicating evidence; and technological innovation.

Office of the CEO

Arun Baral

Chief Executive Officer

Benjamin Uchitelle-Pierce

Special Assistant to the CEO

External Affairs

Maggie Biruri

Head, Resource Mobilization and Partnerships

Josephine Boyle

Senior Research Mobilization Specialist

James Decker

Graphic Designer

Faith Okiror

Communications Specialist, Uganda

Research & Development

Dr. Erick Boy

Chief Nutritionist

Jen Foley

Senior Program Manager

Victor Taleon

Research Fellow

Mahalinagam Govindraj

Senior Scientist

Viateur Ndayizeye

Research Associate

Ivan Mauricio Hurtado

Research Associate, Crop Development

Finance & Administration

Jocelyn (Olyn) Panlilio

Business Manager, Budgets, Contracts and Grants

Christine Flaherty

Budget and Contracts Analyst

Edwin Guil

Budget and Contracts Analyst

Katie Foley

Administrative Coordinator

Policy & Program Strategy

Lynn Brown

Director, Alliances and Policy; Regional Director, Africa

Richard Alioma

Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

Rewa Misra

Head, National Policy and Innovative FinanceĀ 

Bho Mudyahoto

Head, Monitoring and Evaluation

Jenny Walton

Head, Commercialization and Scaling

Hussain Munawar

Consultant/Technical Assistant

Jean Pierre Mbagurire

Senior Research Associate

AFRICA

Boaz Waswa

Scientist

Katharina Diehl

Scaling Specialist

Penina Muoki

Program Manager

Democratic Republic of Congo

Toussaint Kendenga

Senior Research Associate, Monitoring and Evaluation

Christophe Msambya Kongolo

Senior Field Assistant, Kasai

Robert Tuombemungu Baguma

Senior Field Assistant, Sud-Kivu

Jean Leo Mulumba

Senior Communications Associate

Fabrice Tippy Kialanda Kinavuidi

Driver

Byamungu Mbiye

Research Associate

Crispin Mukanya Tshamwanda

Senior Research Assistant, Nutrition

Thadee Kisimba Milamba

Senior Communication Associate

Ruth Bena Munkiba

Coordinator, Administration

Willy Soko

Driver, Democratic Republic of Congo

Dan Mazenga Ndayizeye Sumbu

Research Associate

Jodel Pierre

Project Manager

Gideon Irebahose

Associate Officer

Basilwango Yahaya

Driver

Benjamin Tshibang

Senior Research Assistant, Nutrition, Kwilu

Kossi J. Akpaki

Nutrition Specialist

Ayoni Ogunbayo

Scientist

Malawi

Dellings Phiri

Country Manager

Sophie Muhuwa

Coordinator

Nigeria

Fouad Dollah Yusuf

Acting Country Manager; Seed Delivery Specialist

Adedayo Adepitan

Research Technician, Multiplication and Dissemination

Bolanle Bridget Akinribido

Monitoring and Evaluation Manager

Victor Ekeleme

Communications Specialist

Isang Pius James

Finance Manager

Olatundun Kalejaiye

Nutrition and Post-Harvest Officer

Olutunde Kehinde

Driver/Technician

Goodluck Ogu

Program Manager

Hussan Inuwa Abubakar

State Coordinator, Jigawa

Hadiza Umar Abubakar

State Coordinator, Gombe

Aminu Ibrahim Abubakar

State Coordinator, Kaduna

Usman Kabir Musa

Market System/Value Chain Advisor

Arum Chioma

Program Associate

Muritala Ajibola Dauda

Field Assistant/Driver

Abdullahi Adam Idris

State Coordinator, Kano

Lawan Kurawa Saadu

Field Assistant/Driver

Abdulaziz Mohammed

Field Assistant/Driver

Tanzania

Ester Jimmy Simfukwe

Project Associate

Uganda

Sylvia Magezi

Country Manager

Jude Asiimwe Kagoro

Market and Product Development Specialist

Fred Sempijja

Driver

Laira Kyazike

Nutrition and Demand Creation Officer

Cletie Lukusa

Market and Product Development Officer

Zambia

David Samazaka

Senior Research Associate, Crop Development

Zimbabwe

Sakile Kudita

Country Manager, Zimbabwe; Research Fellow

Tinashe Gwaze

National Consultant, Monitoring and Evaluation

Lorence Mjere

National Consultant, Seed Systems

Isabella Nyamhingura

Associate Officer, Finance

Asia

Ravinder Grover

Regional Coordinator, Asia

Bangladesh

Wahidul Amin

Country Coordinator, Bangladesh

Md. Wahidul Amin

Senior Specialist, Monitoring and Evaluation

Syeda Nuhara Begam

Officer, Communications and Advocacy

Manik Debnath

Project Officer (BIeNGS)

Md Syed Abu Hanifa

Project Coordinator

Md. Zakiul Hasan

Divisional Coordinator

Jahid Hussain

Divisional Coordinator

Ruhul Amin Mondol

Divisional Coordinator

Abu Sayed Al Muktadir

Assistant Manager, Budget, Finance & Administration

Mohammad Nurulla

Office Assistant

Md Ziaur Rahman

Driver

Manuel Sangma

Driver

Md Mozibar Rahman

Coordinator, Seed Systems and Marketing

S. M. Tariqul Islam

Officer, Agricultural Research and Development

India

Binu Cherian

Country Manager

Ravinder Giri

Senior Project Manager

Suja Johnson

Finance Coordinator

Amit Kumar

Administrative Coordinator

Birendra Mendali

Senior Project Manager

V. Pravalika

Data Associate

Suyashi Purwar

Program Manager, GAIN/CBC

Chitti Venkata (CV) Ramesh

Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

Suyashi Purwar

Program Manager, GAIN/CBC

Chitti Venkata (CV) Ramesh

Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

K. Yadi Reddy

Office Assistant

Sanya Sharma

Program Management Support

Prateek Uniyal

Program Manager

Abhilash Miriyappalli

Communications Specialist

Swadheen Pattanaik

Supply Chain Specialist

Indonesia

Sulaiman Ginting

Country Lead

Pakistan

M. Yaqub Mujahid

Country Manager/Crop Development Specialist

Makhdoom Hussain

Consultant/Technical Assistant

Javed Iqbal

Consultant

Muhammad Imtiaz

Consultant

Munawar Hussain

Consultant

Latin America and Caribbean

Ivan Mauricio Hurtado

Research Associate, Crop Development