GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
Dominic Schofield
Program Director – [email protected]
Dominic joined TechnoServe’s Food Processing Practice in 2021 as the Program Director for TAAP. He is a Professor at the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University with a career in International Development that spans over 30 years in Africa, Latin America, & Asia, More
Tobi Durotoye
Deputy Program Director – [email protected]
Tobi is the Deputy Program Director for TAAP and has dedicated the last six years of his career to working with TechnoServe. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and African Studies from Wake Forest University and a Master’s degree in International Commerce and Foreign Policy More
Onochie Esenwah
Operations Specialist – [email protected]
Onochie Esenwah has joined as Global Operations Specialist for TAAP. Onochie, previously served as a Senior Operations Coordinator for the TNS Nigeria office where he demonstrated immense capacity to juggle many tasks. He supported multiple organizational departments More
Philomena Njau
Regional Finance & Budget Analyst – [email protected]
Philomena is a certified Public accountant with over ten years of experience in financial management and administration in the NGO sector. During this time, she gained a deep understanding of managing grants from donors such as The Gates Foundation, EU, SIDA, and USGOV. Philomena More
Ruwaida Bana
Strategic Partnerships Lead – [email protected]
Ruwaida has over five years of work experience with non-governmental organizations and government agencies, such as WWF, The Horn Institute, and Mojatu Foundation, where she worked on conservation, anti-terrorism, and human More
Kunle Lawal
Branding and Communications Lead – [email protected]
Kunle is an inclusive communications and branding specialist with 15+ years of experience with leading public and media relations, multi-channel campaign management, product adoption, and cross-functional teams to ensure success and achieve goals. As the More
India
Monojit Indra
Senior Practice Lead – [email protected]
Monojit has 25 years of work experience with some of the reputed Indian MNCs like Marico, Zee Entertainment, and Jubilant FoodWorks. He has an in-depth experience in end-to-end Supply Chain Management with a focus on Sourcing and Procurement in the FMCG, Food & Agri-Commodity space. More
Vinay Soni
Senior Manager – [email protected]
Vinay is a management graduate with 15+ years of experience consulting and developing sustainable agri-value chains, agribusiness, and commodities research and advisory. He has worked in the food processing industry as a consultant to provide feedback to technology More
Gaurika Jhaver
Senior Project Management Associate – [email protected]
Gaurika Jhaver has 1.7 years of work experience in financial inclusion, Gender, Policy, and Livelihood, with a Master’s in Economics from the National University of Singapore. Gaurika has extensively been engaged in market research, analysis and presentation of quantitative and qualitative More
Kenya
Boiyon Geoffrey Kibet
Program Manager – [email protected]
Boiyon has over 15 years of work experience in the Agricultural, Finance, and Development sectors working with smallholder farmers, MSMEs, cooperatives, and large agro-processors. He has diverse experience in value chain development, project management, andMore
Mildred Maingi
Program Specialist – [email protected]
Mildred is a Food Science and Nutrition professional with over six years of experience working with International non-governmental organizations, the Private sector, and Government institutions. She has worked in program design, implementation, coordination, and More
Peninah Gitau
Food Fortification Specialist – [email protected]
Peninah is a Food Science and Food Safety Professional with nine years of experience in research and food processing. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Food Science and Technology and a Master’s degree in Food Safety and Quality from the University of Nairobi. She is a certified ISO 22000:2018 More
Nigeria
Tella, Ayodele Elizabeth
Country Program Manager – [email protected]
Tella is a Biochemist with 15 years of working experience in the food processing industry in Nigeria, engaging leading industry players in the areas of fortification compliance, food quality systems, and manufacturing excellence. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Public Leadership from More
Heritage Tolulope Oni
Program Specialist – [email protected]
Heritage has a Bachelor’s degree in Physiology and a Master’s degree in healthcare management from Coventry University. As a Program Specialist with TechnoServe, Heritage facilitates a portfolio of stakeholder engagement and communication More
Olusola Sowunmi
Food Fortification Specialist – [email protected]
Olusola is a Food Technologist with over 16 years of working experience in food processing. He has degrees in microbiology from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria, and flour milling from Kansas State University, United States of America. Olusola is a member More