Notable Roles and Continuing Contributions to Development by PEPP Alumni*
(*includes alumni of PEPP when the program, in its earlier form, was known as ‘DPIPE’ and ‘PEPPM’)
Country and year of graduation in brackets
1st - 3rd Cohort (1997 - 2001)
▶ Ms. Stergomena Tax (Tanzania, 1997): Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, The United Republic of Tanzania (2022~) link>>>; former Minister of Defence and National Service, The United Republic of Tanzania (2021-2022); former Executive Secretary of the Southern African Development Community (2013-2021); former Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of East African Cooperation of The United Republic of Tanzania (2008-2013).
▶ Mr. Ngosa Chisupa (Zambia, 1999): Former Permanent Secretary (highest ranked officer in the organization) of Ministry of Labor, Permanent Secretary of ministry of Information and President Adviser
▶ Mr. Paul Anthony Austin (Guyana, 1997): Deputy Division Chief (STA) International Monetary Fund
▶ Mr. Hang Sochivin (Cambodia, 2001): Deputy Director, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Commerce, Cambodia
4th - 6th Cohort (2003 - 2007)
▶ Ms. Astghik Mavisakalyan (Armenia, 2005): Associate Professor, Curtin University, Australia▶ Mr. Brighton Shayanewako (Zimbabwe, 2005): Director of Division of Foreign Aid, the Ministry of Finance, Zimbabwe
▶ Ms. Quynh Ngoc Nguyen (Vietnam, 2005): United Nation Population Fund Social Protection and Inclusive Growth Program officer
▶ Mr. Damaru Ballabha Paudel (Nepal, 2007): the first director from Nepal in BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation)
▶ Mr. Marco Antonio Fernandes Quadros (Brazil, 2007): Tax Partner and Head of Tax for Infrastructure in Latin America at KPMG, Brazil
▶ Mr. Hidayat Ullah (Pakistan, 2007) Khan: Department Head of the Department of Economics, Kohat University of Science and Technology (KUST), Kohat, Pakistan
▶ Ms. Ryoko Sato (Japan, 2007): Associate Researcher, School of Public Health, Harvard University
▶ Mr. David Kolitangane (Fiji, 2007): Permanent Secretary (highest ranked officer in the organization) for Rural and Maritime Development and Disaster Management in the government of Fiji
▶ Mr. Aye Alemu (Ethiopia, 2007): Associate Professor of Economics, Solbridge International School of Business, South Korea
7th - 9th Cohort (2009 - 2013)
▶ Mr. Edwin Makamba (Tanzania, 2009): Minister of Finance, Private secretary, Tanzania▶ Mr. Sakeasi Waikere (Fiji, 2009): Acting Permanent Secretary of Office of Prime Minister in Fiji and Deputy Secretary of Office of Prime Minister in the government of Fiji
▶ Mr. Emmanuel O. Nwosu (Nigeria, 2009): Professor and Acting Head, Department of Economics, University of Nigeria
▶ Mr. Carlos S. Guevara (Ecuador, 2011): First Secretary of Mission of Ecuador to the World Trade Organization (WTO)
▶ Ms. Diana Jayasundara De Alwis (Sri Lanka, 2013): Senior Economist at Ministry for the Environment, New Zealand
▶ Mr. Ram Hari Gaihre (Nepal, 2013): Director at Poor Households Support Coordination Board Secretariat, Ministry of Cooperatives & Poverty Alleviation, Nepal
▶ Ms. Keziah Njeri (Kenya, 2013): Manager-Revenue Allocation and Budget Analysis at Commission on Revenue Allocation, Kenya
▶ Mr. Leonard A. Mushani (Malawi, 2013): Principal Economist/MWEITI Secretariat Manager at Ministry of Finance, Malawi
▶ Mr. Muhammad Ali (Pakistan, 2013): Assistant Professor, US Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan
10th - 13th Cohort (2015 - 2019)
▶ Ms. Reshmi Kumar (Fiji, 2015): Chairperson of the Sugar Cane Growers Council Board, concurrent to her position as Director for Policy, Planning and Research at the Ministry of Sugar, Fiji▶ Ms. Fozia Kiani (Pakistan, 2018): Deputy Director of Planning Commission, Pakistan
▶ Mr. Zeeshan Anwar Awan (Pakistan, 2018): Deputy Director Urban Development in Planning & Development Department, Government of Punjab, Pakistan
▶ Mr. Salman Sulemana (Ghana, 2018): Deputy director, Ministry of Education, Ghana
▶ Mr. Yohannes Gebremeskel (Ethiopia, 2018): Chief Research Officer At National Bank of Ethiopia
▶ Mr. Syed Zulqernain Hussain (Pakistan, 2019): Joint Director/Economist at the Central Bank of Pakistan
▶ Ms. Sabina Savory (Guyana, 2019): Chair of the Board of Directors, Guyana Water Inc. (water utility company)
▶ Mr. Digafe Tufa Maru (Ethiopia, 2019): Executive External Adviser of the President of the Central bank of Ethiopia
▶ Mr. Eskindir Worku Yitayew (Ethiopia, 2019): Acting Senior Research Officer at National Bank of Ethiopia, Ethiopia
▶ Mr. Askar Ismailov (Uzbekistan, 2019): Deputy Head of Division, the International Reserves Management Department, Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan
▶ Mr. M. Fawad Khan (Pakistan, 2018): Assistant Professor, NUST Business School, National University of Science and Technology, Islamabad
14th - (2020 ～)
▶ Mr. Alamagir Hossain (Bangladesh, 2020): Deputy Director of Central Bank of Bangladesh▶ Mr. Dymon Gondwe (Malawi, 2020): Head of Policy and Planning at Ministry of Youth and Sports, Malawi
