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
▶ Ms. Stergomena Tax (Tanzania, 1997): Permanent Secretary (highest ranked officer in the organization) of SADC (South African Development Community)
▶ 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): Senior economist at IMF
▶ Mr. Hang Sochivin (Cambodia, 2001): Deputy Director, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Commerce, Cambodia
▶ 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, 2005): Former Director, PWC, 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. 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. Carlos S. Guevara (Ecuador, 2011): First Secretary of Mission of Ecuador to the World Trade Organization (WTO)
▶ Ms. Reshmi Kumar (Fiji, 2011): 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
▶ 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. Eskindur Worku Yitayew (Ethiopia, 2019): executive external adviser of the President of the Central bank of Ethiopia
▶ Mr. Askar Ismailov (Uzbekistan, 2019): Deputy Head of Division, the International Reserves Management Department, Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan
▶ Mr. Alamagir Hossain (Bangladesh, 2020): Deputy Director of Central Bank of Bangladesh
