Dr Altaf Abro is Head of Mission for Secours Islamique France in Pakistan, a post he has held since August 2021, with additional oversight of the organisation’s operations in Indonesia. A humanitarian and development leader, he has managed multi-sector programmes in food security and nutrition, livelihoods, climate change, disaster risk reduction, resilience, cash transfer programming, water, sanitation and hygiene, education and peacebuilding. He has led expatriate and national teams, established new mission offices, renewed memoranda of understanding with government, and coordinated with United Nations agencies, embassies, humanitarian forums and donors. He was previously Interim Deputy Country Director – Programmes and Programme Manager (Humanitarian and Development) with Oxfam in South Sudan, Programme Manager – Humanitarian Assistance at Plan Canada, Project Director at the International Development and Relief Foundation, Programme Manager at Oxfam Novib in Pakistan and Programme Manager at WWF-Pakistan. His expertise includes strategy development, resource mobilisation, security and financial management, and gender-responsive programming in complex environments. He holds a PhD in Public Policy Analysis from the University of Arkansas and a Master’s in Regional and Rural Development Planning from the Asian Institute of Technology.