Raymond Asfour
Raymond Asfour
Prior to Expectation State, Raymond’s career focused on supporting governments in Emerging States. He has worked with and alongside a wide range of donors including FCDO, USAID, EU, UN, GIZ, JICA, the World Bank, EBRD, Danida, the Mastercard Foundation, INGOs and Family Offices throughout South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. His work has focused on designing, implementing, and evaluating programmes and funding instruments aimed Read More
Andrew Gharaibeh Collingwood
He supports states' strategic capacity to grow economies and states that are increasingly inclusive. Prior to joining Expectation State, Andrew was a Managing Principal at a UK Development consultancy, leading, designing and delivering across a range of sectors in South Read More
Robert Lamb
He leverages his experience and his network in the international investment community to help us better understand the challenges of responsible growth in Emerging States. Away from Expectation State, Robert is a co-founder of Hedgehog and a Non-Executive Director of Read More
Raya Rousan
Raya manages Expectation State’s engagement in Jordan, establishing senior relationships across government, the private sector and civil society. Based in Amman, Raya has over 14 years of experience in business reform, access to finance and improving the business environment. Prior Read More
Hanningtone Isiaho
Hanningtone is a development expert with extensive experience having worked on programmes funded by donors including the UBS Optimum Foundation, The Galileo Foundation, Shell Foundation, Credit Suisse Foundation, Gatsby Charitable Foundation, Google, African Development Bank (AfDB), World Bank, Foreign, Commonwealth Read More
Amine Allouche
Prior to joining Expectation State Amine was a Trade and Investment Adviser at the UK Department of International Trade (DIT) where his role involved supporting businesses interested in exporting to Tunisia. Amine also worked as EU Exit Officer at the Read More
Dr Lucy Hovil
Lucy is a social researcher and widely published global expert on issues related to displacement and forced migration. She supports a broad range of governments, non-governmental organisations and donors to understand migration and conflict contexts, their impact on local populations, Read More
Augustus Emenogu
Augustus is a versatile Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, Learning, and Adaptation (MERLA) expert with over 15 years of international development sector experience leading Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) functions across over forty countries across a diverse range of technical areas, including: Read More
Andrew Kambobe
Andrew is an established Private Sector Engagement and Inclusive Business specialist with experience of blended finance structures and programme management of donor funded programmes. Andrew began his career in capital markets and financial services, primarily in capital raising, for a Read More
Verengai Mabika
Verengai possesses over 16 years of experience at the forefront of digital policy and innovation. Based in Harare, Zimbabwe, he previously served as the Senior Policy Advisor for Africa at the Internet Society. In this role he tackled critical issues Read More