The Global Partnership Co-Chairs

H.E. Mr. Christian Mwando Nsimba

Minister of Planning (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Mr. Christian Mwando Nsimba Kabulo is a politician from Congo-Kinshasa. Elected president of the political party Union of Nationalists and Federalists (UNADEF), he has been a national deputy since 2011. H.E. Mr. Nsimba Kabulo officially took office as Minister of State in charge of Planning on 28 April 2021. In the past, Mr. Mwando has been the Brand Manager of the UNILEVER Group in Zaire (MARSAVCO), the Directorate General of the SINTEXKIN-COTOLU Group, Urban President of the Federation of Businesses of Congo (FEC) / Lubumbashi, Provincial Vice-President of FEC / Katanga, Minister of the Budget and Planning and the Minister of Finance, Economy and Trade of the Province of Katanga.

H.E. Mr. Suharso Monoarfa

Minister of National Development Planning and Head of Bappenas (Indonesia)

Mr. Suharso Monoarfa has been entrusted by President Joko Widodo with the position of Minister of National Development Planning, concurrently as Head of the National Development Planning Agency, since 2019. After a successful career in business for twenty years, he became a politician in 2004. Over the subsequent two decades, he then gained growing prominence by serving as Special Staff to the Vice President, Member of the House of Representatives, Minister of Public Housing, and Member of the Presidential Advisory Council. 

Ms. Marie Ottosson

Deputy Director General, Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency (Sweden)

Ms Marie Ottosson is since July 2017 the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency’s Deputy Director-General. Prior to this Ms Ottosson was Assistant Director-General at Sida/Director of the Department for International Organisations and Policy support. Ms Ottosson has over twenty-five years of experience in various positions with the Swedish government. Apart from multiple roles at Sida she has been the Deputy Head of Mission for the Embassy of Sweden in Vietnam. She has also been a Senior Auditor with the Swedish National Audit Office and worked in Luxembourg as an Auditor for the European Union for almost seven years. She audited the European Commission.  

Mr. Vitalice Meja

Executive Director of Reality of Aid Africa (Non-Executive Co-Chair)

Mr. Vitalice Meja is a founding member and a former Co-Chair of the Civil Society Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE), an open platform that unites CSOs from around the world on effectiveness issues. He is the Executive Director of Reality of Aid Africa Network – a pan-African network focused on poverty eradication through effective development co-operation policies. A key purpose of the organization is to strengthen the involvement of African CSOs in informing policy issues related to the international aid architecture, as well as issues around development co-operation through research, capacity building and advocacy. Mr. Meja has many years of experience in development policy advocacy, as well as in research at national, regional, and international level on financing for development, debt, and ODA, with both governments and the multilateral bodies. He has been part of the effectiveness agenda for over 17 years.