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Martin Burt

November 15, 2019 by mparraud

Martin Burt

Advisor to the Board

Dr. Burt is a pioneer in applying microfinance, microfranchise, youth entrepreneurship, financial literacy and technical vocational methodologies to address chronic poverty around the world. He is the CEO of Fundacion Paraguaya, co-founder of Teach a Man to Fish, with over 23 million beneficiaries. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship at the World Economic Forum and of the Global Food Banking Network. In public service, he served as Chief of Staff to the President of Paraguay, Mayor of Asunción, and Vice Minister of Commerce.

Ignacio Lartirigoyen

November 15, 2019 by mparraud

Ignacio Lartirigoyen

Advisor to the Board

Ignacio is an Advisor to Warc’s Board of Directors, bringing a wealth of knowledge from his own experience as the President and Co-Founder of Lartirigoyen, a leading agribusiness in Argentina. Additionally, Ignacio is a former chairman of the Argentine Association for Sunflowers and director of several agricultural companies. Ignacio holds a degree in Agronomy from the University of Buenos Aires.

Christopher Zaw

November 15, 2019 by mparraud

Christopher Zaw

Partner

Chris leads the development of Warc Ghana; establishing project strategic direction, implementation and business development. With 10 years of experience, 7 years of which as a management consultant at Big 4 firm, and 1 year as COO of a Berlin-based startup, he has working experience in 10 countries. He loves to explore and travel, having visited 55 countries, and is constantly undertaking new adventures.

Mireia Romañach

November 15, 2019 by mparraud

Mireia Romañach

Program Manager

Mireia is an agricultural economist and project manager. She works on Warc’s agricultural consulting projects in Sierra Leone, as well as internal projects based in Warc’s farm in Tormabum. Previously she worked as a project and financial analyst both in the private and public sector in Argentina. She has a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Economy at the University of Buenos Aires.

Anthea Piong

November 15, 2019 by mparraud

Anthea Piong

Monitoring and Evaluation

Anthea is the 2018-19 Princeton in Africa Fellow placed with Warc. She holds a Master of Public Policy from Georgetown University, and has lived in the US for over a decade. She leads Warc’s M&E efforts on both internal and external consulting projects, and has a strong passion for data and visualisation.

Estefania Ramirez

November 15, 2019 by mparraud

Brima Sesay

Procurement and Logistics Manager

Estefania is in charge of the procurement and logistics operations of Warc, she has over 6 years of experience in international trade in the US, Colombia and Sierra leone, previously worked as a product manager in one of the top five largest freight forwarders in the world. She is in charge of both local and international purchases, RFQs, imports, inventory and other logistics involved in the companys operations.