POLITICAL ECONOMIST with years of experience as a Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Sierra Leone. Contributed several articles and delivered papers on political economy of Sierra Leone, good governance, conflicts and their management and resolution. Specialisation: Political, Economic and International Legal affairs.

POLITICAL SCIENTIST Foreign Service Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Freetown, Sierra Leone 1981-1990; Assistants Professor, City University of New York 1992-1995, Lecturer in Political Sciences Fourah Bah College, 1995-2001.

GENDER EXPERT Agricultural Extensionist with specialisation in Gender Issues in Agricultural Research and extension. Eleven years of agricultural research experience with the Institute of Agricultural Research in Sierra Leone.

AGRICULTURAL EXPERT Applied Entomologist with 17 years of experience in Agricultural Research at the Rice Research Station and West African Rice Development Association (WARDA), including part time teaching at the University o f Sierra Leone.

INDUSTRY AND TOURISM EXPERT Over 20 years experience working as an Economist in Senior Management positions at the Eastern Integrated Agricultural Development Project; the National Authorising Office and the Sierra Leone Export; the Nation Authorising Office and the Sierra Leone Export Development and investment Corporation.

MACRO-ECONOMIST Lecturer in Economics (USL); Research and Teaching Assistant (USL); Senior Economist, Public Enterprise Reform Programme; Technical Co-ordinator, Public Sector Management Support Project; Economist Public Debt Management. Former Programme Coordinator (University of Sierra Leone) in the collaborative MA Programme for Anglophone Africa under the auspices of the Africa Economic Research Consortium.