Pawel Mania brings more than 15 years of experience working across development and humanitarian nexus. As deputy director for Transformational Response, he oversees a portfolio of capacity strengthening and research programs aiming to deliver sustainable humanitarian response in Ukraine and neighboring countries that reinforces civil society, advocates for transformational impact, and provides learning on shifting power for other global responses. Pawel is an expert in research and evaluation. He focuses on resilience of diverse communities affected by conflict and crisis and inclusion policies. He graduated from the University of Sussex, University of Copenhagen, and University of Gdansk.