Meet the Devex Authors

Flavie Halais

Flavie Halais

Flavie Halais is a freelance journalist based in Montreal, Canada, covering international issues and cities through a social lens. Her work has appeared in WIRED, the Guardian, Le Monde Afrique, Jeune Afrique, the Correspondent ,and Devex.
Flavio Valente

Flavio Valente

Flavio Valente is a physician and specialist in public health. Since 2007, he has been the secretary general of FIAN International, a human rights organization advocating for the right to adequate food and nutrition that holds consultative status at the United Nations.
Fleur Anderson

Fleur Anderson

Fleur Anderson is the global head of campaigns at WaterAid.
Florcie Tyrell

Florcie Tyrell

Florcie Tyrell is director of the Peoples Organization for the Development of Northeast Haiti, a grassroots, faith-based movement of 22 community organizations across northeast and north Haiti.
Florence Kuteesa

Florence Kuteesa

Florence is a former budget director at the Ugandan Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development. Since 2007, she has been serving as a public financial management adviser at the International Monetary Fund’s East African Regional Technical Assistance Center, or East AFRITAC.
Florence Onyango

Florence Onyango

Florence Onyango is a science editor, research fellow, and communications and impact manager at the Africa Research and Impact Network. A climate adaptation specialist, she works at the intersection of climate change, transdisciplinary research, policy, and sustainability, advancing evidence and policy engagement through strategic communication, media advocacy, and knowledge translation.
Florencia Bluthgen

Florencia Bluthgen

Florencia Bluthgen earned her bachelor’s degree in social communications in Buenos Aires and her master’s degree in sustainable international development from Brandeis University, Massachusetts. She has worked in nonprofits in Argentina, Haiti, Colombia, Mexico, and the U.S. in education, poverty alleviation, youth development and women's rights. She is currently the project manager for Fondo Semillas' Women Rebuilding their Communities project, a special project that supports community groups led by women working on the reconstruction of their communities after the 2017 earthquakes that hit central and southern Mexico.
Florian Kratke

Florian Kratke

Florian Krätke is a policy officer for the Strengthening European External Action program. He specializes in EU external action, ODA, development financing, technical cooperation, tax and development. Before joining ECDPM in September 2012, he worked on EU technical cooperation and development policy, financing and effectiveness at the ILO and the Association of European Parliamentarians with Africa. He also served as a local governance and civil society adviser for the VSO in Cameroon.
Floyd Whaley

Floyd Whaley

Floyd is a Devex correspondent and journalist based in Manila. He covers the Philippines for the International Herald Tribune and the New York Times. Floyd also operates Asia Editorial Services, a consultancy that provides writing and editing services to development organizations.
Fokko Wientjes

Fokko Wientjes

Fokko Wientjes is the vice president of nutrition in emerging markets and public-private partnerships at Royal DSM NV with a particular focus on the World Food Programme and UNICEF partnerships on nutrition. He is also a member of the SUN Business Network Executive Committee; Sustainability Advisory Board, SNS Reaal; Advisory Board, Business and Economics School, University Maastricht; Steering Board, World Economic Forum New Vision on Agriculture.