Warc

The West African Rice Company

Team

Christopher Wayland

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Christopher Wayland

Christopher Wayland

Program Manager

Christopher is a program manager for Warc’s service delivery unit in Sierra Leone. He oversees input and information dissemination to smallholder farmers and is responsible for tracking key metrics and supporting the expansion of the program. He has three years of professional experience as a management consultant and is a former Princeton in Africa Fellow in Malawi. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Williams College where he studied Political Science and Economics.

Christopher Zaw

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Christopher Zaw

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

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Mireia Romañach

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.

Estefania Ramirez

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Estefania Ramirez

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.

Faustina Nherera

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Faustina Nherera

Faustina Nherera

Finance Manager

Faustina supports the Finance Director with the implementation of internal control systems and the day to day administration of the finance functions of Warc Freetown. She holds a Masters in Business Administration and a BTech in Accountancy, both from the University of Zimbabwe.

Fola Conteh

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Fola Conteh

Fola Conteh

Finance Administrator

Fola supports the Finance Director and the wider team with finance-related activity. She has numerous years of private sector finance experience in Sierra Leone. In particular, she held various roles in the financial department of a mining operation in Sierra Leone for 7 years.