Jean-Luc Taton

Jean-Luc Taton is a senior project manager and international development expert with 28 years technical and operational experience in leading, managing and supporting complex international development projects, including in global health (integrated service delivery; HIV, malaria and other infectious and neglected tropical diseases; global health security, community health, health systems strengthening), governance and civil society engagement, capacity strengthening and private sector. • 14 years as senior project manager • 8 years as country project director / country representative • 6 years as international development expert • Multiple leadership and senior program support roles and responsibilities • Cross-sectoral approaches and synergies • Large team leadership (up to 110 staff; 600+ seasonal workers) • Large budgets overseen and management (up to US$15 million annual) • Long experience in multiple developing countries, including fragile states and conflict / high risk regions (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, DRC, Ghana, Guinea, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Namibia, Rwanda, Senegal, Togo) • Lead and support business development resulting in more than US$200 million in new awards • Diplomacy and close coordination with in-country government, non-government and private stakeholders for programmatic ownership • Comprehensive monitoring, evaluation, research, learning and adapting • Capacity building, developing talent and performance oriented, for project staff and partners • Locally-led solutions and private-public-partnerships as win-win strategies • Sustainability and quality of project operations and outcome • Flexibility, rigorous and adaptative management oriented impact, growth and strategic business development • Continuous innovation and integration of themes to deliver and anticipate future needs (climate change, urbanization, mitigate carbon impact, green cost share, risk of conflict) • Business acumen, facilitating partnership and buy-in of US$1.5 million in cost share (cash or in-kind) • Vast networks of stakeholders (government, civil society, private sector)