Jun 2024 – Present · 1 yr 11 mos

• Analysis, Strategy & Initiatives: As the first person to hold the position, I developed the private sector engagement strategy for WFP in the Nordic and Baltic regions which focuses on 3 overarching goals;
• 1) to develop new and grow existing partnerships,
• 2) to explore and develop innovative partnerships that create shared value and
• 3) to develop WFP’s brand by positioning as the partner of choice.
• As part of building WFP’s brand in the Nordics, I designed new creative initiatives with Supercell and Mikkeller that will spark engagement with the public, developing public awareness on global food insecurity and providing opportunities to leading brands and their customers to join WFP in the fight to end global hunger. I continue to explore new untapped sectors such as gaming that have huge disruptive potential.
• Partnership Development & Coordination: Spearheaded engagements with Mikkeller, Supercell, Pandora, Finnpartnership, Smart City Sweden, Max Burgers, Melting Pot Foundation and S Group. Secured WFP’s first private sector partnership in Finland with Fortum. Managed partnerships and projects with Axfood, Ericsson and UN Global Pulse.

Jul 2023 – Feb 2024 · 7 mos

• Partnership Development & Coordination:
• Secured additional funding of US$5.22M from UN CERF, KS Relief, Japan, LDS, an anonymous donor and WFP USA.
• Coordination of regular engagement with government donors such as USAID, FCDO, ECHO, KfW among others with funding proposals, donor reports and field missions support.
• Spearheaded engagement with USAID (BHA) by organizing the biweekly meetings and collating inputs from all country office teams for the USAID biweekly report.
• Proposal development and Report writing for USAID, KS Relief, UN-CERF, ECHO, Japan and other private sector donors for funding contributions worth over US $400M.
• Leadership, Strategy & Initiatives:
• Led the Partnerships Unit for a month as Officer in Charge, developing the advocacy document for the ED visit. This advocacy tool was an incredible achievement and it served as a good template for future ED trips. I also oversaw over 5 proposals and 5 reports during this period. Managed the Ripple Effect project funded by NPL, supporting the WFP engineers with the replanning and successful implementation.
• Developed the Share the Meal campaign in partnership with Lions Gate to support WFP resilience programmes.
• Developed the ‘Innovation Offer’, the country office’s innovation workplan.
• Kickstarted the first local partnership with Kush Bank to support WFP’s beneficiaries with affordable credit and financial literacy skills.

Aug 2020 – May 2024 · 3 yrs 9 mos

• Awarded as the winner of the most collaborative person in WFP’s Regional Office (Nairobi) in 2021
• Analysis, Strategy & Initiatives:
• I conceptualized, developed, managed and executed the WFP NextGen East Africa Innovators program while managing all cooperating partners including the Danish Technical University which impacted over 150 participating teams and 9 finalist student teams from the region.
• I mapped the private sector landscape in the region which currently serves as a guide to the region’s country offices.
• I organized and moderated the first successful private sector panel discussion with Kuehne Foundation, Equity and Safaricom.
• I developed the Regional Action Plan which stipulated how the WFP Global Private Sector Partnerships Strategy would be implemented in the Eastern Africa Region with the Local Private Sector.
• Developed a visibility partnership package tailor-made for the East Africa region.
• I also conducted a regional needs-analysis covering our 10 country offices while managing 2 staff members.
• Pioneered the first local individual giving campaign in Eastern Africa fundraising for the Horn of Africa Drought in addition to spearheading 5 Share the Meal Campaigns (WFP fundraising app) in the region, with the highlight being an Art Gala silent auction event that locally raised over US $20,000.
• Partnership Development & Coordination:
• Spearheaded local for local partnerships with Insta Products, Innovation Norway, Equity Bank, Safaricom, Kuehne Foundation and Hult Prize Foundation.
• Secured a local technical partnership worth US$1million from The Hive Group (the first of its kind in WFP Kenya’s history).
• Managed partnerships and projects with Kerry Group, Access 2 Innovation, Rockefeller Foundation, Lions Club Foundation and International Chamber of Commerce.

May 2019 – Jul 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Analysis, Strategy & Initiatives:
• Mapped the private sector landscape in the region which will serve as a guide to the region’s country offices.
• Organized and moderated the first successful private sector panel discussion with Kuehne Foundation, Equity and Safaricom.
• Explored opportunities for partnerships development such as supporting the Head of Programme in preparing the AIDex keynote speech which assisted in positioning WFP regionally.
• Organized and facilitated the first regional brown bag lunch/info-session on the new WFP private sector strategy.
• Developed the Regional Action Plan which stipulates how the WFP Global Private Sector Partnerships Strategy will be implemented in the Eastern Africa Region with the Local Private Sector.
• Partnership Development & Coordination:
• Supported our regional country offices in the Eastern Africa region in developing partnerships with regional private companies. For example, I supported the Djibouti country office in exploring a partnership with Kuehne Foundation for logistics capacity building and their vocational training program.
• In addition, I have supported headquarters and the regional office in building a rapport with Singularity University and Innovation Norway.