Professional Positions
Primary focus: Evaluation and Knowledge Management
| 2007 – | Independent International Evaluator |
| 2014 – | Honorary Professor, School for Public Leadership (SPL), Stellenbosch University, South Africa |
| 2018 – | Invited as Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow, Robert Bosch Foundation, Berlin, Germany |
| 2013 | Fellow, Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), Stellenbosch, South Africa |
| 2009 – 2011 | Lecturer, Aid Effectiveness module, International Cooperation and Development Course, United Nations University (UNU), Tokyo, Japan |
| 2007 | Visiting Professor, Centre for International Cooperation in Education (CICE), University of Hiroshima, Japan |
| 2005 – 2006 | Special Advisor on Knowledge Management to the Executive, World Conservation Union (IUCN) |
| 2000 – 2006 | Director: Evaluation and Knowledge Management, Evalnet, South Africa |
Primary focus: Research Management and Grantmaking
| 1998 – 2000 | Director Research, University of Pretoria, South Africa (International Affairs portfolio included). |
| 1996 – 2000 | Director Research, University of Pretoria, South Africa (responsible for all university research, contract research and intellectual property management). |
| 1995 – 1996 | Programme Manager, Improved Quality of Life Theme, Foundation for Research Development (now the NRF), Pretoria, South Africa – national grant funding programs in Food Production and Food Security; Veterinary Science; Urban and Rural Development. |
| 1990 – 1994 | Programme Manager, Foundation for Research Development (now the NRF), Pretoria, South Africa – responsible for the design, implementation and management of the university/industry National Biotechnology Program as well as the University Development Program that aimed to strengthen the research capacities of the then 10 ‘historically black’ universities. |
Primary focus: Research
| 1988/1989 | Visiting Scientist, Zoology Institute, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, and Department of Chemistry, Tamkang University, Tamsui, Republic of China |
| 1986 – 1989 | Principal Researcher, Laboratory for Ecological Chemistry (LECUS), University of Stellenbosch, South Africa |
Leadership in Evaluation Associations and Initiatives
| 2018 – | Vice-President, International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS) |
| 2018 – | Lead Steward, SDG Transformations Forum Assessment & Evaluation Working Group |
| 2017 – | Member, Steering Committee, South-South Cooperation in Evaluation (S2SE) Initiative |
| 2016 – | Co-founder and Advisor, International Centre for Evaluation and Development (ICED), Nairobi, Kenya |
| 2015 – | Member, African Evaluation Association (AfrEA) ‘Group of Elders’ |
| 2014 – | Member, International Organisation for Cooperation in Evaluation (IOCE) Advisors and Legacy Leaders |
| 2015 | Delegate, African Evaluation Association (AfrEA), EvalPartners Global Forum, Kathmandu, Nepal |
| 2012 | Member of Steering Committee for the AfrEA/CLEAR AA Bellagio Center Thought Leaders Forum on Evaluation and Development in Africa |
| 2009 – 2011 | Lecturer, Aid Effectiveness module, International Cooperation and Development Course, United Nations University (UNU), Tokyo, Japan |
| 2007 – 2008 | Steering Committee Member, Network of Networks on Impact Evaluation, NONIE (representing more than 200 organisations worldwide – evaluation associations and UNEG, OECD-DAC and ECG evaluation offices) |
| 2007 – 2008 | Board Member, African Evaluation Association (AfrEA) |
| 2007 | Visiting Professor, Centre for International Cooperation in Education (CICE), University of Hiroshima, Japan
Member, European Evaluation Society Working Group for the EES Board of Directors’ Statement on Impact Evaluation |
| 2005 – 2007 | Board Member, American Evaluation Association (AEA) (first member living outside North America) |
| 2003 – 2005 | Vice-President, International Organisation for Cooperation in Evaluation (IOCE; a global association of professional associations) |
| 2003 – 2005 | Co-Chairperson, International and Cross-cultural Evaluation Topical Interest Group (ICCE-TIG) of the American Evaluation Association (AEA) |
| 2003 – 2004 | President, African Evaluation Association (AfrEA) |
| 2002 – 2004 | Founder, South African Evaluation Network (SAENet), later formalised as the South African M&E Association (SAMEA) |
Strategic Advice: Evaluation
| 2017 – 2018 | Senior Independent Advisor for the Corporate-level Evaluation of IFAD’s Financial Architecture. |
| 2015 − | Member, Reference Group, EvalSDGs (as part of EvalPartners, a global consortium of UN agencies, foundations and professional evaluation associations focusing on the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals); one of subgroup of five co-authors of a series of briefing papers on evaluation and the SDGs. |
| 2014 – | Member, International Evaluation Advisory Panel, Independent Evaluation Office, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Member, International Advisory Committee, Centre for Development Impact, Institute of Development Studies (CDI-IDS), UK |
| 2013 – 2016 | Member, Evaluation Advisory Panel, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) |
| 2015 | International Strategic Advisor, Ten-Year Review of the Agricultural Research Council (ARC), South Africa |
| 2013 – 2014 | Member, Research Advisory Committee, Heartfile, Pakistan |
| 2012 – 2013 | Advisor, AfrEA Made-in-Africa Evaluation Initiative
Advisor, Centre for Learning in Evaluation and Research in Anglophone Africa (CLEAR-AA) |
| 2013 | Member, Project Reference Group, Study of Evaluation Demand/Supply in five sub-Sahara African Countries, UK Department for International Development (DFID)
Advice on M&E, Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation (SEAMEO) |
| 2012 | Initiator and Technical Advisor, CLEAR-AA/AfrEA Bellagio Thought Leaders Forum on Evaluation and Development in Africa, 14-17 November 2012 |
| 2011 – 2012 | Member, International Steering Committee for MFS-II Evaluation, WOTRO Science for Global Development Division, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
Member, Reference Panel supporting the design of the CGIAR Independent Evaluation Arrangement (CGIAR-IEA) |
| 2010 – 2012 | Member, Evaluation Advisory Panel, the Vaccine Alliance (GAVI)
Member, Core Advisors Group for Evaluation, Rockefeller Foundation Evaluation Office Specialist Evaluation Advisor, Rockefeller Foundation Evaluation Office Project Director, Grants for support to the Rockefeller Foundation Evaluation Office |
| 2010 | Chair, Advisory Committee, Evaluation of the Rockefeller Foundation Global Disease Surveillance Networks (DSN) Initiative |
| 2009 – 2014 | Advisor to the Steering Committee on M&E, African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) |
| 2009 | External Advisor, Performance Assessment, Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), World Health Organisation (WHO) |
| 2008 | Member, Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA), CGIAR Science Council
Member, Guidance Group for Development of Guidance on Impact Evaluation, Network of Networks for Impact Evaluation (NONIE) Member, Consultative Group on Evaluating Prevention, Joint UNAIDS Monitoring and Evaluation Reference Group (MERG) Member, High Level Reference Group for the Ten-Year Evaluation of the Uganda Poverty Eradication Action Plan (PEAP) |
| 2007 | UNEG/OECD DAC Peer Review Panel Member for the Evaluation Function of the World Food Programme (WFP) |
| 2005 | International Advisor, Workshop on the Evaluation of Educational Cooperation Projects, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Tokyo, Japan, 20-21 March 2005
International Expert Panel Member for review of evaluation approaches, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) |
| 2001 | Public Policy Advisor, Centre for Applied Social Sciences (CASS), University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe. |
Strategic Advice: Research and Innovation
| 2000 – 2001 | Member, Ministerial Standing Advisory Committee on Intellectual Property Law, South Africa
Convenor of Sub-Committee on Innovation, Management and Commercialisation of Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets, and Competition Law |
| 1999 – 2001 | Advisory Board Member, Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication |
| 1998 | Member, National Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology Evaluation Panel, Year of Science and Technology Awareness Proposals of South African Science Councils |
| 1997 – 2000 | Member, Joint South Africa/Netherlands Committee for South Africa-Netherlands Programme on Alternatives in Development (SANPAD) |
| 1996 | Committee Chairperson, Strategic Policy Planning Initiative for Agricultural Biotechnology in East and Southern Africa, supported by ISNAR |
| 1995 – 1996 | Member, National Commission for Higher Education (NCHE) Technical Committee on Research and Postgraduate Studies
Board Member, Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University Member, Water Research Council Coordinating Committee for Research on Water Supply and Sanitation in Developing Rural and Urban Communities |