DFID

Key Focus Areas
Knowledge management
Private sector development
Good governance and anti-corruption
Sophoi Services
Evaluation quality assurance including a theory of change
Evaluation design and assessment
Peer review of evaluation reports

DFID

2018–present Equals Technical Advisory

As an Evaluation Quality Assurance and Learning Service (EQuALS) expert panel member, Robbie (Director of Sophoi) provides expert advice and quality assurance on programme strategy, design, results, evidence and learning to a range of programmes across the good governance, anti-corruption, and private sector development spheres – developing theories of change, drafting evaluation terms of reference, reviewing baselines, and designing MEL systems.

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