Brenda Apio Okech

Chairperson, BOD

Brenda Apio Okech has experience as a scientist as well as manager of research. She has Clinical trial monitoring experience and has worked for several sponsors including GSK and AMANET. She previously worked for European Vaccine Initiative on a consultancy basis; besides her current role as the Chairperson Board of Directors FINASP, she is the program Director at Uganda Virus Research Institute – Entebbe. .

• Strategic Planning
• Policy Analysis
• Governance

Anna Agnes Arach Ojok

Board Member

Anna Agnes is a PhD Fellow with a Post Graduate Diploma in project planning and Management from Uganda Management Institute Kampala, she also has a Master of Science in Public Health from James P Grant School of public Health B RAC University Bangladesh and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Makerere University, Kampala

• Extension Services
• Agribusiness
• Food Security

Geoffrey Alengo

Board Member

Geoffrey has a Master Degree in Project Planning & Management of Uganda Management Institute (UMI), (Thesis in Monitoring & Evaluation), Post Graduate Diploma (Project Planning & Management) of UMI, and B.Sc. Aquaculture & Fisheries Science (Makerere University Kampala (MUK)

• Financial Management
• Audit
• Social Protection

Hudson Ogwali

Secretary to the BoD

Hudson is a Ugandan citizen, He has a master’s of science degree in Agroforestry from Makerere University and a bachelor’s of science degree in Agriculture from the same university backed by a first class national Diploma in crop production and management from Arapai Agricultural College. He has attended arrays of professional and skills development trainings that among others include; International training course in organic Agriculture (ITCOA), research methods, forestry resource assessment and GIS, Theory of change (ToC), Organization Development and Financial Management, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA), Value chain Development, Emergency Food security and Livelihoods (EFSL), Household food insecurity and Access scan (HFIAS) and Clients satisfactory instruments (CSI), Gender in Value chain Development, Vegetable Oil Development Program (VODP), Emmergencies in water sanitation and hygiene by Oxfam, Resource identification, Mobilization and Management, Farming Gods way, Conservation Agriculture – green manure / Cover crops, farming schools methodologies, vast computer package skills, lobby and advocacy, strategic planning etc.

• Research Design
• Innovation
• Data Analysis

Patrick Dinno

Founder Members Representative

Patrick has a Msc in Construction law from and a B.Sc. Civil Eng. (Hons) with over six years, work experience in design, tender preparation in line with Uganda’s PPDA Procurement and Contract models (2014). Patrick also have excellent presentation, proposal preparation, writing and reporting skills coupled with ability to work in fast paced, multi-cultural having worked on various projects in Uganda, he is experienced in organising FIDIC Training in Uganda as well as other technical training programs for Construction professionals in Uganda under Uganda Association of Consulting Engineers.

• Civil and Building
• Advocacy
• Project Mgmt

Dr. Biruma Moses

Director Research And Innovations

Biruma Moses is a male Ugandan citizen currently the FINASP Director in charge research and innovations and also working with the National Semi Arid Resources Research Institute P.O Box Private Bag Soroti, Uganda. Moses has over 10 years’ experience in agricultural research and development. He attained his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Master of Science in Crop Science and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Molecular Biology/Breeding at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.

• Impact Assessment
• Logframes
• Reporting

Ronald Apunyo

Director Sustainable Livelihoods

Ronald is a Monitoring & Evaluation Practitioner with extensive experience in Results Based Monitoring and Evaluation of international emergency and development interventions across various thematic areas like child protection, health and nutrition, education, relief and social services to mention, with relevant academic and work competence.

• Advocacy
• Public Policy
• Social Work