The expert is a senior education adviser with over 25 years of international development experience, particularly in education policy, project design, evaluation, decentralization, and local governance. Their expertise includes community mobilization and private sector engagement. Proficient in policy analysis, the expert excels from generating primary data to conducting qualitative analysis and engaging in high-level policy dialogue. The expert has regional experience in South Asia, particularly Pakistan, as well as in the Middle East and East Africa.

This expert has collaborated with prominent international funding organizations such as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), World Bank, Department for International Development (DfID), World Vision, Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), UNICEF, and UNESCO. As the Director of Education, Gender & Youth Practice at DevTech Systems Inc., they have been leading strategy development and managing a portfolio of Basic Education, Gender, and Youth activities, with significant impact in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

The expert’s primary sectors of specialization include education, program and resource management, and decentralization & local development. They have successfully directed numerous international projects, including the $6 million Zambia Education Data Activity and the $5 million USAID/LAC Education Support Contract.

Key responsibilities held by the expert include designing and administering complex development programs, overseeing their quality and operations, and ensuring compliance across varying regional contexts. In leadership roles, the expert has managed relationships with clients and multiple stakeholders while advising on education systems governance and reforms in South Asia, the Middle East, and East Africa.

Notable achievements include leading a $155 million assistance package to improve education access and quality for 1.2 million children in Pakistan's Sindh Province. They have also led innovative public-private partnership components for school management and comprehensive educational policies in regions affected by natural disasters like Pakistan. The expert’s work has resulted in significant investments, such as leveraging over $60 million for private sector management of government schools and creating developmental strategies for education continuity in crisis zones.

Technical and professional skills include strong analytical capabilities, strategy development, policy analysis, implementation, operations, public-private partnerships, and mission leadership. The expert possesses language proficiency in English (mother tongue), Spanish, and Urdu, which facilitates their work in diverse geographical regions.