MANAGEMENT TEAM

Jo has held a range of roles with Oxfam in Kenya. Most recently, she was Oxfam’s Programme Director in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Béné was previously a Finance and Funding Coordinator with Oxfam GB.

Anne has a masters degree in International Cooperation and Multilingual Communication and has been working in non-profit communications for the past four years.

Dr. Josué Ibulungu, has twelve years of experience in managing and coordinating humanitarian and development programs in international NGOs in addition to a five-year medical career where he worked with hospitals, the Health District, Medecins du Monde, and the Ministry of Health.

Ephrem is the Programme Manager for SWIFT in DRC. As a development technician he has worked since 2007 in different roles including Project and Programme Manager, Consortium Coordinator, Head of Office and Area Coordinator. He has also worked with INGOs in Chad and the Central African Republic.

David took up the role of SWIFT programme manager in DRC in May 2016.

Rachel joined Tearfund in 2003 and has held various roles focussing on supporting local partners and Tearfund staff to design, plan, deliver and evaluate projects across Africa and Asia. Rachel is currently writing her MSc dissertation on the risks and rewards of payment by results.

Elodie is Tearfund’s Project Support Officer for SWIFT. While she initially worked at an engineering company, she was recently a WASH advisor to Medair HQ in Switzerland, specialising in emergency and transitional planning. She has field experience in DRC, Ethiopia, Uganda, Haiti and Benin.

Hebdavi is responsible for coordinating Tearfund’s WASH work in Eastern DRC. He has several years of experience managing and monitoring humanitarian programmes in South Sudan and DRC, and was previously Programme Director for World Relief in South Sudan.

Nat specialises in water security, looking at issues ranging from implications for local livelihoods to questions of planetary boundaries. He previously worked for WaterAid and did an extended consultancy for the World Bank’s Water and Sanitation Programme.

Ian Langdown is a Research Officer working for the ODI’s Water Policy Programme. He previously worked for an engineering consultancy and as a research assistant with the Development Planning Unit at UCL.

Roger is Head of the Water Policy Programme at ODI and an Honorary Research Associate at the British Geological Survey.