Our Team

Desmond Boi

Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Assistance Lead - Somalia Monitoring Programme, at Tetra Tech International Development

About
A widely respected Development Professional, Mr. Boi has over Nineteen (19) years proven experience in Monitoring and Evaluation, Third Party Monitoring (TPM), Fundamentals of Participatory Development and Education.
Use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in M&E, Gender Analysis and Framework Skills, Research Methodologies and Skills for: Project Planning; Strategic Planning; Data Analysis and Reporting; Training/Facilitation Skills; Needs Assessment and Priority Setting Processes including Training Needs Assessment, Communication and Leadership; Trust and Team Building; Public-Private Partnership Linkages; Fundraising, Workshop Organisation, Report Writing, Financial Management and Projects Implementation.

Has built years career as a monitoring and evaluation specialist, researcher and community development consultant in varied full time engagements and consultancy assignments.

Gerry McCarthy

Team Leader

About

A very experienced director and team leader who has guided programmes and projects in a range of countries, with particular focus on livelihoods, rural development, agriculture value chains and job-rich non-farm sectors.

He has undertaken assignments across the project cycle from design, through project implementation, to post evaluation.

Side hustles in communications and change agent assignments.

What can I do for you today?

Ismail Adan

Senior Development Expert

About

Ismail Adan is a senior development expert with over 18 years of experience designing and delivering complex, multi-sectoral programs across the Horn of Africa.

His work spans program development, market systems strengthening, value chain enhancement, private sector engagement, economic growth, social inclusion, and trade facilitation, particularly in fragile and conflict-affected contexts such as Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, and South Sudan.

He has successfully led large-scale initiatives funded by USAID, FCDO, EU, IFAD, and GIZ, including the $65M USAID/FCDO Inclusive Resilience in Somalia (IRiS) Project and the $72M USAID/GEEL Project.

Mr. Adan has directed impactful interventions in agriculture, fisheries, and livestock, leading strategic engagements with private sector actors, MSMEs, and financial institutions to expand economic opportunities and promote resilience. He has facilitated over $18M in private investment and helped secure $31.5M in exports through trade facilitation and capacity-building initiatives. His leadership in institutional capacity strengthening includes developing frameworks for trade and taxation with Oxfam GB and the Kenya Revenue Authority.

Holding a Master of Finance from RMIT University and a BA (Economics) from Kenyatta University, Ismail combines technical expertise with proven leadership in stakeholder engagement, consortium coordination, and institutional reform—making him a highly capable leader in driving inclusive, market-oriented development solutions.

Erick Ooko, MA PPM.

MEL Capacity Strengthening Expert

About

Erick is Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning specialist with broad and progressive experience spanning 12 years in conception, developing and deploying monitoring and evaluation systems and operational protocols.

Erick holds Master of Arts in Project Planning and Management, Bachelor’s degree in education science majoring in Mathematics, various post graduate professional certification in monitoring and evaluation from Kenya Institute of Management as well as from USAID supported global learning. Besides consulting for World Vision Kenya in the areas of emergency relief& recovery, CIDA funded Agricultural Sector Development Support Program in areas of capacity needs assessment, poultry, fish & mango value chain incubation model feasibility and baseline study.

Erick has held various Monitoring and Evaluation roles while working in sectors of financial inclusion, water & sanitation programs, Agri-value chain development with market systems components, recovery and resilience program, youth led governance projects with different National non-governmental organisations and International nongovernmental organisations in Kenya that include SNV Netherlands, Heifer International, Farm Africa, World Vision International, Techno-serve, Mastercard funded Digital Opportunity Trust.

These demonstrable experience makes a best fit for strategic level monitoring and evaluation roles.