Barbara Addy-Witte Email & Phone Number

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

South Africa

Key responsibilities include managing donor and commercial funded projects and new business development.Director of USAID Projects in Mali and Zambia. Managing over 40 national staff in the implementation of health product social marketing programs. Employing a total market approach that engages all sectors to improve access and affordability to all population segments. Creating partnerships with commercial distributors, pharmaceutical and consumer product companies to launch new products and leverage existing distribution networks. Project Director for client, General Electric Healthcare. Conducted health landscape assessment focused on non-communicable diseases and maternal child health in Nigeria. Analyzed the financial and economic conditions in Nigeria and identified innovative and best practices globally. Developed recommendations and a road map to engage the government of Nigeria to improve the policy environment and health service delivery.

Kampala, Uganda

Chief of Party for the Health Initiatives in the Private Sector (HIPS) Project, USAID funded, based in Kampala (Uganda). HIPS engaged the Ugandan private sector to scale up delivery of quality health services and products through public private partnerships. Program focused on HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis as well as Reproductive Health and Maternal Child Health. Responsible for overall management, strategic direction and program performance. Built over 100 partnerships with Ugandan and international companies expanding access to drugs and health services in Uganda.

Washington D.C. Usa

Bureau for Global Health,(2003-2005)Senior Advisor providing technical assistance to USAID’s Bureau for Global Health. Engaged extensively with USAID field offices and host country governments to design programs that leveraged multiple sectors to create sustainable solutions to health challenges in the area of reproductive health, maternal and child health, and infectious diseases. Areas of technical expertise include: market and sector assessments, program design, contract and grant management, program monitoring and evaluation, health financing, social marketing, capacity building and business planning. Office of Development Partners, Private Sector Alliances (2005-2008)Senior Advisor to USAID’s Office of Development Partners, focused on engaging the private sector and creating public private alliances to achieve development goals. Responsible for providing technical assistance to USAID country offices and Washington DC Bureaus on creating partnerships with the private sector. Lead technical advisor for Agency personnel and corporate partners on partnership development in all sectors in Africa and health globally. Provided policy guidance and technical assistance in private sector outreach, partnership negotiations, due diligence, financial structuring, monitoring and evaluation.

Washington D.C.

Managed Deloitte Emerging Market’s Healthcare Practice. Supervised practice unit personnel, managed project portfolio, and led marketing and business development efforts. Engage extensively with donor clients, host country governments, the NGO community and the commercial sector in the design and implementation of development programs. Traveled to over 18 developing countries providing technical leadership in the areas of health financing, strategic and business planning, policy reform, marketing, franchises networks, public-private partnerships, NGO capacity building.

Usa

Provided management consulting services to Fortune 500 companies and public sector institutions. Advised companies in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate strategy, reengineering, supply chain management, partnerships and strategic outsourcing. Sector experience includes: healthcare, consumer business, financial services, energy, and public sector. Selected for Business Analyst rotation program, acquiring experience in all major industry sectors and in all consulting services packages.

Master'S Degree, International Relations And Economic Development

Bachelor'S Degree, Anthropology And Political Science