Economist, Expert in NGO Management and Expert in E-Learning.

Alberto is an Economist from the Complutense University of Madrid and has postgraduate qualifications in NGO Management and Programme Design from the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua. He has worked in humanitarian interventions with the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation, the Red Cross, Movimondo, Oxfam and Caritas.

He has focused his career on working with Internally Displaced People (IDPs) and in the field of humanitarian protection. His experience includes programme coordination, mission administration, proposal-writing, design of training materials, security and monitoring.

Since the mid-90s, Matthew has focused on delivering primary/public health and nutrition programs across Australia, Africa, Asia, former Soviet Union, Middle East, and Oceania. Matthew has worked with international humanitarian NGOs, health research institutes and centres for disease control. Since 2004, Matthew has conducted and coordinated integrated nutritional surveys in numerous countries as part of emergency responses and therapeutic/supplementary feeding programs. Matthew is passionate about working with teams to provide the necessary tools, including training, to improve the health and nutrition of vulnerable populations. Matthew holds a bachelor’s in nursing and a master’s in public health.

Richard holds a Master’s Degree of Human Nutrition from Gent University (Belgium) with various trainings in nutrition in emergency, malnutrition measurement, assessment and classification. He has over 11 years of experience, working in emergencies and development context (Uganda, South Sudan and DR Congo). He has worked with many International Organizations in different capacities such as Nutrition Consultant, Emergency Nutrition Technical Advisor, among others. He has also implemented a number of emergency nutrition projects, and has gained vast knowledge in nutrition in emergencies, measurement and classification of malnutrition, management of malnutrition, forum participation, etc.

Alexandra Rutishauser-Perera is a multi-skilled registered nurse with 17 years of experience in the field of public health nutrition working across Africa and Asia. She holds an MSc in Nutrition for Global Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and a Diploma in Tropical Medicine. She has previously worked for Action Against Hunger-France, Doctors Without Borders, International Medical Corps and Save the Children, before joining Action Against Hunger UK as Head of Nutrition in 2017. She is a guest lecturer at the LSHTM, the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, the Metropolitan and Westminster Universities, King’s College and the American University of Beirut.

Franck is an independent consultant with over 15 years of experience in humanitarian and development contexts in Africa, Central Asia and Southeast Asia, such as Afghanistan, Indonesia, Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia.

He holds a Master’s in Public Health, is a registered nurse and has a degree in Tropical medicine and International Health. He also has a Master’s in Business and Administration. He worked with Action Contre la Faim, Médecins du Monde and the World Food Programme. He has extensive experience as a Logistics Coordinator, Nutrition Programme Manager, Nutrition Emergency Coordinator and Nutrition Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation Officer. As a consultant, Franck focuses on project evaluations.

Camilo is a medical doctor, public health professional and PHd in development studies with over twenty years of experience in the coordination and implementation of emergency health responses in conflict and disaster settings. He has worked with ministries of health, donors, international NGOs and UN agencies in Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East in different positions such as health cluster coordinator, technical advisor, programme manager, public health officer, health coordinator and programme manager.

Óscar studied and worked as a nurse in many hospitals and EU countries before he joined MSF and started his journey specializing in the treatment of Acute Malnutrition in Emergencies, first in Angola and then Niger. He has over 10 years of experience supporting such programs and capacity building in over 20 countries working for several NGO, doing SMART surveys and other kinds of programming such as Nutrition in Ebola settings. Lately, he has advised at HQ for different charities such as ACF USA, GOAL Ireland and UNICEF UK.

Lenka Blanárová is an established expert in nutrition assessments and evaluations with more than 16 years of professional experience in humanitarian and development settings in Africa, Asia, Latin American and the Caribbean. She has a track record of technical advisory and backstopping roles for the Global Nutrition Cluster, UN agencies and multiple NGOs, notably linked with nutrition causal analyses (Link NCA) and CMAM coverage assessments. She is an experienced qualitative researcher, particularly interested in nutrition determinants and behaviour change. Ardent advocate of localisation, she promotes a genuine integration of community engagement in the humanitarian and development programming with a strong focus on community-led initiatives.

Is a public health professional with 15 years of experience in implementing and coordinating health and nutrition programmes in both emergency and development settings. She has worked with Action Against Hunger (AAH) country offices in more than 10 African countries, playing an active role in the design and implementation of multisectoral country strategies.
Uwimana holds an MSc in Public Health and currently serves as a Senior Nutrition Assessment Advisor at AAH UK. Her expertise includes the prevention and management of acute malnutrition, Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF), nutrition in emergencies, and health system strengthening. She also has advanced skills in mixed-methods data analysis, programme quality assurance, and strategic stakeholder engagement—ensuring that interventions are context-specific, evidence-based, and aligned with global standards.