Dr. Iddo Dror joined ILRI as Head of Capacity Development (CapDev) in Oct 2012, and in line with the new ILRI strategy 2013-2022, leads the development of knowledge, attitudes, skills and institutional arrangements that are necessary to replicate, expand, adapt, use, support and sustain livestock research and its application for development in a variety of contexts across ILRI and its projects/CRPs.
 

Iddo has more than fifteen years’ capacity development experience, gained in academia and international development, combined with experience in teaching, research, and fellowship administration. His career track has included assignments with UN agencies and the private sector, several years at the University of Geneva setting up and running an innovative MBA program, and most recently before joining ILRI, over five years in India working with the Micro Insurance Academy (MIA), an organization he co-founded and helped transition to become an international award-winning, ISO certified leader in its field, with over 65 staff and research & capacity development activities across a dozen countries in Asia and Africa.
 

He has a PhD in Economic and Social Sciences and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Geneva, Switzerland.