Helen is a Senior Manager within our Services Team, based in London, with a focus on Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) and programme management. Helen focuses primarily on projects in East Africa and DRC.

Over the past four years, Helen has provided programme management and technical MEL inputs to a range of independent evaluations and MEL support programmes in a number of countries across East Africa, MENA and Central Asia, mainly funded by DFID and with a focus on fragile or conflict-affected states. Prior to working in consultancy, Helen spent a year in Uzbekistan with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime as a regional Programme Associate, working across Central Asia and the Southern Caucasus.

Helen holds an MSc. In Violence, Conflict and Development from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London and a BA from the University of Geneva in International Relations. Originally American, she grew up in Switzerland and is currently based in the United Kingdom.