Team Members

Esraa Ezzeldin is a Geneva-based peace and development professional with over a decade of experience leading and coordinating complex programmes across Africa and the Middle East. She brings extensive expertise in programme management, stakeholder coordination, training design and delivery, and monitoring and evaluation. Esraa has successfully managed multi-donor projects, secured significant funding, and led large-scale capacity-building initiatives in collaboration with governments, UN agencies, international organizations, and grassroots actors. She is a member of the Mediterranean Women Mediators Network (MWMN) and FemWise Africa, and is passionate about advancing gender equality, human rights, and sustainable peace. Esraa holds an M.A. in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of St Andrews, UK, and is a certified Agile Project Manager.

Berryl has 12 years of data-driven experience in analysis, research, program management and evaluation across humanitarian, development and peacebuilding sectors. She has extensive experience in designing and implementing data frameworks, manipulating data into actionable insights, leading multi-agency assessments, creating high-impact visualizations and building capacity for a diverse range of organizations. She has worked with UNOCHA, REDR-UK, GiveDirectly, ACTED, Young Peacebuilders and KEMRI-FACES across Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Somalia, S.Sudan, Palestine and Israel. She holds a Master’s in International Business Administration from University of London and is Fluent in English and Kiswahili. Her expertise enhances operational efficiency and informs strategic resource allocation.

Max is an aid worker with 20 years’ experience across humanitarian and development sectors, rooted in the “H” of the triple nexus. After founding Tajikistan’s first child rights NGO in 2006, Max led major emergency responses across Asia and the Middle East and recently developed a triple nexus consortium in Colombia. His focus is on translating the nexus into practice through inter-agency collaboration, governance, and field-level program design. Max holds a master’s in Development Management from the London School of Economics and is pursuing a second in Sustainability and Social Responsibility Management at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya.

Theophilus Abutu Agada is a passionate Social Policy Researcher, Peacebuilding and Program Management Specialist dedicated to transforming lives through the Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) Nexus. With over twelve years of experience working with organizations such as Jesnoch International,Mercy Corps, USAID MARKETS Projectl, FCDO Funded Programs, and UNDP, he has led impactful initiatives that strengthen livelihoods, foster resilience, and promote inclusive community development. A Master Trainer on the HDP Nexus, Theophilus combines research, policy, and practice to advance collective action and sustainable peace. His work continues to inspire collaboration, empower local actors, and bridge the gap between humanitarian response, development, and lasting peace.

Lilia De Domenico is an emerging researcher and practitioner in international development and humanitarian affairs, with academic and professional experience across Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. Lilia’s work focuses on linking policy and practice through data-driven research. Her experience spans roles within the UN system, NGOs, and research institutes, where she contributed to legal and policy analysis for development projects and supported research on migration, governance, and the HDP Nexus. She holds an LL.M. in European Law from Maastricht University and a B.A. in International Relations and Arabic from SOAS, University of London. She’s fluent in Italian, Spanish, English, and Arabic.

Mugay Gédéon is a young professional with a master’s degree in public health and around three years of experience in monitoring, evaluation, and research. His experience spans the Humanitarian, Development, and Peacebuilding sectors across Uganda, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and the Central African Republic. He has worked on assessing the design, delivery, and impact of several FCDO-funded programs in Somalia and DRC. In the Central African Republic, he conducted research and baseline assessments that contributed to the country’s IPC classification for malnutrition (September 2023–August 2024) and informed improvements in humanitarian assistance delivery.