Pavlos has 19 years international development and private sector experience across East Africa (Uganda, Ethiopia), West Africa (Ghana), India, Middle East (Saudi), UK and Eastern Europe (Western Balkans, Georgia, Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia). He undertook country leadership, strategy/management consulting, corporate strategy, senior business management and operational/implementation roles across the agriculture, education, energy, water and consulting/advisory sectors. In international development, Pavlos held private sector, NGO and Government leadership roles through an inclusive market systems approach to enterprise development, trade, agribusiness incubation/acceleration, skills development, youth job creation, humanitarian-development nexus, sustainable agriculture, impact investment, value chain development, capacity/institution building, investment facilitation and policy reforms. He has worked with USAID, FCDO, The Gates Foundation, the World Economic Forum, GIZ, the MasterCard Foundation, Swiss Development Cooperation, UNHCR and AFD. He holds a PhD in International Development Policy with focus on Trade, Msc. in Development Administration and BSc. in Business Administration.