Sharon is responsible for coordinating activities in finance and administration departments - this includes events management, project budgeting, issuing of consultancy contracts and ensuring compliance to donor contractual regulations. She works closely with all departments in assisting staff to understand and implement organisational policies and procedures. Sharon has over 10 years of experience in office administration, conference organisation and coordination.

Ayanda is responsible for leading the Finance and Admin functions of FANRPAN. This includes the design, implementation and monitoring of internal controls and compliance. She is responsible for the financial integrity of the organization, compliance with statutory laws, donor requirements and regulations as well as internal policies, controls, planning, forecasting and reporting requirements. Furthermore, she supports management by providing value-add analysis and being actively involved in decision-making processes. She has extensive experience in Risk Management and holds a Bachelors Degree in Accounting, a Certificate in Control Self Assessment and is currently completing her CIA qualification.

Lufingo's responsibilities as Protocol and Partnerships Manager for FANRPAN include managing relations with the host government, funding partners and the networks membership. He is also responsible for promoting the organisation externally via publicity and community relations. Lufingo speaks Portuguese as a second language and has extensive experience in Administration.

Sam joined FANRPAN in June 2007 as the Grants Finance Officer. He is responsible for the production of timely donor reports in accordance with the donor requirements and monthly management financial reports. Sam has over 10 years accounting experience. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Accounting and is currently studying with ACCA.UK.

Getrude is responsible for internal treasury duties, payroll administration and custordianship of the financial management system. She has strong knowledge of financial accounting, audit principles and practice, and assists in the preparation of financial statements.

Tshilidzi is responsible for the implementation of programme performance indicators for results/impact measurements, the coordination of the design and conduct Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) needs assessments and overall M&E synthesis across all FANRPAN projects. He holds a Higher Education Diploma and a Bachelor of Agricultural Management (both from the University of the Limpopo), an Advanced Program in Marketing Management (University of South Africa), Master degree in Development Studies (University of the Free State), and PhD Economics (University of New England).

Yuven Gounden commenced his career as an educator before he embarked on a career in Public Relations and Communication.

He worked in communication in the water and the education sectors before taking up a post as Communication and Advocacy Manager at FANRPAN. He is responsible for media relations, content management, publications, stakeholder management, event management and internal communication. His primary goals are to manage the organization’s reputation and promoting the work and achievements of FANRPAN.

He has served as judge for the SAPPI-PICA Awards as well as for the South African National Youth Water Prize. He serves as an EXCO member of the National Press Club and is a member of the Black Management Forum and the Public Relations Institute of Southern Africa (PRISA).

A Corporate Communications Graduate joined FANRPAN as a Communication Specialist responsible for Internal and External Communications. Her areas of specialization are in the marketing, advertising and public relations fields.

She has worked as Communications Officer in the Education and Health Sectors before joining the Democratic Nursing Organization of South Africa (DENOSA) as International Relations Officer, responsible for managing the organization's image and reputation in the region and internationally.

She's an active member of the National Press Club and Black Management Forum.

Mr Fungayi Simbi is the Regional CAADP Coordinator for FANRPAN. He is also responsible for coordinating the activities of the newly formed Non-State Actor (NSA) Task Team whose key focus is to enhance the role and participation of NSA in the CAADP process. He has vast regional commercial experience in agri-business management ranging from research, production, processing, sales and operations management, supply and demand management, acreage planning, forecasting and yield estimation.

He also worked in various capacities including crop development and crop input procurement, distribution and training.

He is well versed in setting up Greenfield agriculture projects and project management. He holds a BSc Agric Honours from University of Zimbabwe, an MSc in Applied Sciences from University of London and an MBA from the Graduate School of Zimbabwe.

Bellah is responsible for the coordination of the Harmonised Seed Security Project, a pilot project which seeks to domesticate and implement the SADC Harmonised Seed Regulatory System in four countries.

Bellah is a Plant Scientist by training. She holds a BSc Honours Degree in Crop Science from the University of Zimbabwe, an MSc in Technology of Crop Protection from Reading University, U.K. and a PhD in Plant Science from McGill University Canada. She has 25 years of experience working in agricultural research; seed policy drafting and implementation; and harmonisation of seed legislation; in both the Public and the Private sector.

Ian is responsible for providing research, programme, project and administration support to the programme team of FANRPAN's thematic thrust on Agricultural Productivity and Markets. Ian has over twenty-five years of working experience in development planning and management in Southern Africa. He holds a Bachelor's degree with Honours in Geography, and a Master's degree in Rural and Urban Planning, as well as international certificates in management development, development planning, project design and construction management.

Sithembile Ndema Ngwenya is a Project Manager with the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN). Sithembile manages the Women Accessing Realigned Markets project which is aimed at Strengthening the Capacity of Women Farmers to Influence Agricultural Policy Development in Southern Africa using an innovation tool, Theatre for Policy Advocacy (TPA). She has a keen interest in development work in Africa and very much wants to be part of efforts to help reduce poverty and achieve sustainable economic development and social progress on the continent. She has been with FANRPAN for three years since graduating from the University of Pretoria with an Honours Degree in Sociology. She also provides research and project support to the FANRPAN team.

Sipiwe Mapanda joined FANRPAN in September 2011, under the pilot project of Harmonized Seed Security project (HaSSP) as a Programme Assistant. The project pursues to domesticate and implement the SADC Harmonized Seed Regulatory System in four countries namely Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

She holds a MSc in Plant Sciences, specialization - Natural Resources Management from Wageningen University and Research Centre, Netherlands, a BSc degree in Agriculture, Honours in Horticulture from Women's University in Africa, Zimbabwe and National Diploma and Certificate in agriculture from Chibero Agricultural College and Kushinga Phikelela Agricultural Institute respectively. She has 17 years work experience in both agricultural research and extension services. Her areas of specialization are seed policies, seed certification and quality assurance system.

Amy Sullivan is the Programme Manager for the CPWF Limpopo Basin Development Challenge and the Limpopo Basin Leader. She received her MSc and PhD from the University of Florida. Her research and publications relate to water governance, rural livelihoods, and gender.

Sepo is responsible for coordinating FANRPAN's climate change projects including adaptation and mitigation. Since 2008, Sepo has been part of a training team that facilitated training workshops on the use of climate information for policy development. The training is facilitated by University of Cape Town (UCT) in collaboration with United Nations Framework for Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC). Sepo holds an MSc and a PhD in Environmental Science from UCT. He also holds a BSc in Physics and Electronics from the University of Zambia.

Aliness is a Programme Assistant on the Limpopo Basin Development Challenge project. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology with Psychology from the University of Zambia; she also holds an Honours Degree in Sociology from the University of Pretoria, South Africa. She is currently studying towards a Master of Social Science Degree in Gender Studies at the University of Pretoria. Aliness’ previous work experience includes advocacy and communication. Her research interests include women in developing countries and questions of gender.

Ian is responsible for providing research, programme, project and administration support to the programme team of FANRPAN's thematic thrust on Agricultural Productivity and Markets. Ian has over twenty-five years of working experience in development planning and management in Southern Africa. He holds a Bachelor's degree with Honours in Geography, and a Master's degree in Rural and Urban Planning, as well as international certificates in management development, development planning, project design and construction management.