Meet the Devex Authors

Wafa Aftab

Wafa Aftab

Wafa Aftab is a physician, and health policy and governance researcher at the Aga Khan University, Pakistan.
Waktola Wakgari

Waktola Wakgari

Waktola Wakgari is an Ethiopian agricultural professional with more than 20 years work experience in both the public and private sectors. Wakgari worked with Golden Rose Agrofarms as the inputs marketing manager and researcher, and with the international firm BASF as the manager of ornamental and horticultural crops. Prior to his private sector agribusiness work, he also worked as a senior researcher and head of the entomology department for the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research.
Wale Osofisan

Wale Osofisan

Wale Osofisan is senior director for the governance technical unit at the International Rescue Committee. In this role, he leads the unit’s team of senior and technical advisers and specialists, overseeing program support to over 30 IRC country offices. Wale has two decades of professional experience researching and working on humanitarian, development, conflict prevention, and peacebuilding issues.
Wallis Grant

Wallis Grant

Wallis Grant is the social inclusion delivery lead at Climate-KIC. A passionate advocate for inclusive climate innovation, Wallis supports diverse entrepreneurs and leaders in the climate space to help scale their solutions and expand their impact.
Walter Cotte

Walter Cotte

Walter Cotte is under secretary general of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Walter has more than 40 years of humanitarian and development experience. Previously, Mr. Cotte was the National Executive Director of the Colombian Red Cross from 2008 to 2012. His past leadership roles with the organization include head of operations and disaster management, and as head of volunteers for relief and search and rescue.
Walter Gwenigale

Walter Gwenigale

Walter T. Gwenigale is the minister of health and social welfare of the Republic of Liberia. A practicing surgeon for more than 30 years, he has served as Bong County health officer, director of Phebe Hospital and president of the Christian Health Association of Liberia. He also served on the World Health Organization’s executive board and as a board member of the Roll Back Malaria campaign.
Wameq Azfar Raza

Wameq Azfar Raza

Wameq Azfar Raza works for the World Bank as an economist.
Warren Turner

Warren Turner

Warren Turner is a senior public management specialist at the Asian Development Bank. He works on issues of public sector management, governance, and institutional development across ADB’s operations in Asia and the Pacific.
Waseem Ahmad

Waseem Ahmad

Waseem Ahmad has been chief executive of Islamic Relief Worldwide since May 2021. He first joined the organization 24 years ago and has worked in numerous roles including head of partnerships and director of international programs, leading Islamic Relief’s response to major global crises including famines, earthquakes, floods, and conflicts. He has worked in countries including Pakistan, Sudan, and Malawi, and has also worked for organizations including Oxfam and Tearfund, and is a trustee of the International Civil Society Centre.