Secretariat

Jan is Managing Director at EBA. His prior positions include Programme Manager at EBA, economic adviser at the Ministry of Finance, and researcher in economics at Uppsala University and Stockholm University, working mainly within development economics. Jan holds a PhD in Economics from Stockholm University.

Mats is Deputy Managing Director and Programme Manager at EBA. Prior to re-joining EBA in 2018 he was Chargé d’Affaires and Head of Development Cooperation at the Swedish Embassy in Burkina Faso. Mats has served as Senior Researcher, Research Cluster Leader and Director General of the Nordic Africa Institute. Between 2004-2009 he served as Head of the Secretariat of the Expert Group for Development Issues (EGDI), and later as Chief Analyst for development policies at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Mats holds a PhD from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.

Markus is a Programme Manager at EBA. Prior to joining EBA he worked as a Senior Advisor at SWECO, a consultancy, specialising in evaluation, industrial and regional growth policy, gender equality and environmental policy. Markus has been the project manager for a large number of studies and evaluations for the Government Offices of Sweden, as well as Swedish central, regional and municipal authorities. He holds a master’s degree from Stockholm University.

Anna Florell is an Assistant Programme Manager at EBA. Prior to joining EBA she administered Research and Development Activities for the Swedish National Board of Institutional Care. Anna has worked mostly within the public sector, foremost with the Swedish Government Offices. She holds an international secretarial degree, has studied investigative sociology and statistics at Stockholm University and is a certified project manager.

Númi is a Programme Manager at EBA. Prior to joining EBA Númi led AidHedge, where his work focused primarily on risk, efficiency, and currency management in aid and international development. He has worked at the Swedish National Audit Office, auditing budget processes in aid, multilateral aid and currency management. Númi has a master’s degree in Political Science from Stockholm University.

Helena Hede Skagerlind is a Programme Manager at EBA. Prior to joining EBA she worked as a researcher and teacher within the areas of global development, human rights, gender equality and CSR at Stockholm University’s Department of Political Science. Helena has previously worked with CSR project evaluation in India and with EU-related issues at Europahuset in Stockholm. She holds a PhD in Political Science and a BSc in Economics, both from Stockholm University.

Lennart is an Assistant Programme Manager at EBA. He most recently worked with the organisational evaluation of a South-East Asian NGO as an independent consultant. Prior to this, Lennart worked with issues of governance and capacity development of the public sector in low-income countries for The Better Governance Project. He holds an BSc in Development Studies from Lund University.

Malin Ahrne is a Programme Manager at EBA. Prior to joining EBA she worked at The Public Health Agency of Sweden. Malin has previously worked with sexual and reproductive health and rights at the National Board of Health and Welfare and with global health issues at Sida, Sweden's government agency for development cooperation. She is a qualified nurse and holds a PhD from the Department of Women's and Children's Health at Karolinska Institutet.