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Michel Houle
Michel is the Associate Vice President, Financial Resources at the University of Ottawa. Michel is a Certified Professional Accountant (CPA, CMA) and has over twenty-five years of experience in finance, information technology, human resources and procurement. Previously, Michel served as Vice President, Corporate Services and Chief Financial Office of the National Capital Commission. He also […]
Adil Skalli
Adil Skalli is a Moroccan-Canadian professional with 10 years of experience leading multidisciplinary and multicultural teams in the pursuit of meaningful impact. As a Program Design and Implementation Manager at Digital Opportunity Trust, he leads the design and implementation of skills development programs in Africa and the Middle East. His commitment lies in empowering innovators […]
Derek Matere
As a Digital Specialist at DOT, Derek Matere coordinates digital engagement activities on DOT’s Innojo and social platforms, and facilitates the organization’s global social media campaigns. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Derek first joined DOT in 2016 as a #DOTYouth in who facilitated entrepreneurship and digital skills programs. He has since founded his own social enterprise, […]
Solomon Tadesse
Solomon has several years of program development and project management experience in various organizations. He served as a project manager for Christian Children’s Fund of Canada and worked for Amhara Development Association as a deputy CEO and executive director. Solomon has a Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction from Addis Ababa University and has […]
Violette Uwamutara
Violette serves as the Vice President Sub-Saharan Africa and Country Director for Rwanda, demonstrating remarkable leadership since DOT Rwanda’s inception in 2010. Prior to DOT Rwanda, she spent seven years at the Embassy of Rwanda in Washington DC, beginning as a policy analyst and rising to become a diplomat in the position of First Secretary. […]
Justine Hendricks
Justine Hendricks is the President and Chief Executive Officer at Farm Credit Canada (FCC). Before joining FCC, she served as the Chief Corporate Sustainability Officer & SVP Sales and Business Enablement at Export Development Canada (EDC). At EDC, she also previously served as Vice President of Working Capital Solutions (Guarantee and Bonding Programs) at Export Development […]
Ivan Zenar
As a member of DOT’s executive team and Vice President of Program Operations, Ivan contributes to DOT’s overall strategic direction as well as the development and implementation of best practices. Ivan holds executive oversight of DOT’s in-country operations and expansion partnerships and leads the operations, MERL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning), and program development teams. […]
Noor Homoud
Noor has previously held several positions in key organizations in Jordan, working in economic and social development. She worked on community outreach programs at the Office of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah, and focussed on youth and community development projects as the Director of Programs and Initiatives for the King Abdullah II Fund for […]
Vaisnavi Gnanasekaran
Vaisnavi is an international development professional who has worked in both North America and South East Asia. She has experience in academic research and monitoring and evaluation for multilateral programmes. Vaisnavi enjoys working with qualitative and quantitative data to explore the means of improving the impact of programmes, and has monitoring and evaluation experience in […]
Zsuzsa Molnar
Zsuzsa Molnar is Program Manager for DOT in Budapest, Hungary, where she coordinates programming and community relationships with DOT’s private sector partners. Zsuzsa holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Business from Budapest Business University, and a Master’s Degree in International Relations and Diplomacy from Lancaster University. Before joining DOT, Zsuzsa had worked for the UN, many […]