- Joined HD in 2016 as senior programme manager overseeing Nigeria and Gambia. Appointed regional director in 2019
- Previously head of section at the Economic Community of West African States Commission, a member of the team that created the ECOWAS Conflict Prevention Framework and secretary to the ECOWAS Council of the Wise
- Worked for the Centre for Democracy and Development in Nigeria and as an independent consultant on mediation, conflict prevention and project management for several countries, academic institutions and international and non-governmental organisations
- Teaches and publishes on peace and security issues, including the book “Politics of Peacemaking in Africa: Non-State Actors’ Role in the Liberian Civil War” released in 2017
- Doctorate in International Relations from the University of St Andrews in Scotland and degrees from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria