Wale Osofisan

Wale Osofisan leads the unit’s team of senior advisers, technical advisers and specialists overseeing program support to over 30 IRC country offices. Wale has two decades of professional experience researching and working on humanitarian, development, conflict prevention and peacebuilding issues. Prior to joining the IRC, he worked with Plan UK, HelpAge International UK, and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Nigeria in various roles from technical assistance to research and evidence, policy influencing and advocacy. Wale holds a PhD in Post-war Recovery Studies from the department of politics, university of York, UK and an MSc in Humanitarian and Refugee Studies from the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.