Rob Henning Email & Phone Number

Washington, DC, US

Responsible for project management and business development for a portfolio of US Government and corporate clients with a specific focus on investment and strategic partnerships in Africa.

NY, NY, US

OnFrontiers helps business professionals everywhere learn faster and share their knowledge. Our product is a SaaS platform customers use to manage their network of go-to experts and also to access new expertise via our expert marketplace. As a member of the firm's advisory board, I advise on go to market strategies for the international development vertical.

New York, NY, US

• Translate the Foundation’s agricultural diversification strategy into a portfolio of smallholder inclusive, high impact programs in tobacco dependent economies in Southern Africa.
• Co-create innovative programs with grantees to package commercial investment, accelerate inclusive agricultural technology innovation, and pilot technology enabled smallholder extension models.

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

• Drive and set strategy for new business efforts in the agricultural sector for traditional (USAID) and non-traditional donors.
• Develop a suite of products and services to enhance the competitiveness of agriculture proposals including technical briefs, a LinkedIn-based Chief of Party sourcing tool, and a consortium building service.
• Capture, distill, and disseminate knowledge, innovations, and best practices within Chemonics’ agriculture portfolio. Developed library of technical briefs and led multiple strategy sessions.

• As part of ESPartners’ Intelligent Capital portfolio, served on the Board of a Haitian-owned housing solutions company, responsible for overall strategy, partnerships and capital raising initiatives.
• Raised $2 million in capital to launch a building solutions start-up in post-earthquake Haiti. Served as Senior VP responsible for strategic business development and fundraising.

Abidjan, CI

• Firm Leadership: co-founded an innovative advisory & investment firm focused on fostering & accelerating entrepreneurship in frontier markets. Act as titular COO of the company.
• Intelligent Capital: grew and managed a portfolio of high growth SMEs in emerging markets. Compensation model based on a combination of equity and fees in return for fundraising and board level strategic support.
• Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: provided a suite of consulting services designed to foster private sector development including value chain selection, national competitiveness engagements and cluster strategies.

US

• Served as a technical and leadership resource for OTF projects worldwide as an expert in competitiveness, value chain strategy and fragile economy private sector development. Roles included:
• Advisory: led OTF engagements including developing a Post-Earthquake Economic Recovery Roadmap for Haiti, a wood products strategy for Cameroon, and an entrepreneurship strategy for the IFC in Rwanda.
• Business Development: identify sales leads, build relationships, articulate technical proposals, and budget engagements for corporate, government, and international donor clients.
• Thought Leadership: publish and speak as a subject matter expert in cluster and value chain development in emerging markets with a focus on fragile economies. Coach junior consultants on presentations and intellectual.

US

• Serve as a technical and leadership resource for OTF projects worldwide as an expert in industry strategy development and public-private dialogue. Examples of recent roles include:
• Advise the Managing Director of Rwanda’s Tourism Board on the revision of the National Tourism Strategy. Managed international team of consultants in developing research hypotheses, design and implementation of primary.
• Developed a communications strategy to support the national reform process of Burundi’s coffee industry on behalf of the World Bank. Provided leadership to the research team and facilitated high-level public and.
• Lead new business efforts with bi- and multi-lateral donors, partner firms and foreign government representatives.
• Represent OTF Group at public speaking events and industry specific seminars and forums.

US

• Counseled Rwandan government officials, international donors, and private sector operators on the importance of appropriate and coordinated financing mechanisms for developing competitive export sectors.
• Implemented 5-year multi-million dollar competitiveness project funded by the Government of Rwanda. Project leadership contributed significantly to the signing of a second extension to the project.

Washington, DC, US

• Constructed industry analyses on various sectors within the U.S. textile industry. Output utilized to understand competitive dynamics and long-term pricing trends.
• Formulated and applied regression models to measure effect of import competition on price movement in the domestic textile sector. Results employed by national industry association for lobbying purposes.

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

• Performed industry analyses to identify internationally competitive products in collaboration with Benin’s National Export Council. Identified three products that the Council incorporated into its export promotion.
• Provided business training for 250 clients in accounting, marketing, entrepreneurship, feasibility studies and action plans. Resulted in increased efficiency and profits for participants.

Mba, International Business

Ba, Economics & French