Senior Management Team

Bruce McNamer
President and CEO
Before joining TechnoServe in 2004, Bruce McNamer's career spanned the public and private sectors. McNamer was COO of Verified Identity Pass, Inc., CFO of Appfluent Technology, and VP of Business Development at Varsity Group. He has also worked as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley and as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. McNamer was a White House Fellow and a Director at the National Economic Council from 1998-1999, and was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Paraguay. He has an AB from Harvard and a JD/MBA from Stanford.

James Nehmer
Chief Financial Officer
Prior to joining TechnoServe in 2007, James Nehmer was CFO at FINCA International (a nonprofit financial service provider with approximate revenues of $50 million and 26 affiliates in 23 countries in Africa, Latin America and Eurasia). Nehmer also worked for DAI in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, first as CFO and later as CEO/Managing Director of the National Microfinance Bank in Dar es Salaam. Nehmer spent eight years working for McGladdery & Pullen, LLP. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Concordia College and is a licensed CPA.

Simon Winter
Senior Vice President, Development
Simon Winter, who previously led TechnoServe’s Africa operations, has more than 20 years of economic development experience in both the private and public sectors. He has worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company in South Africa, and as an independent development consultant. He was also Head of Planning for the Ministry of Works, Transport and Communications in Botswana. He started his professional career in corporate retail banking at Barclays Bank PLC. Winter has a PhD in economics from London University’s School of Oriental and African Studies, a master's degree in development economics from the University of East Anglia, and a bachelor's degree in economics from Bristol University.

David Browning
Vice President, Coffee Initiative
David Browning previously served as TechnoServe’s Regional Director for Latin America. Prior to joining TechnoServe, he worked for McKinsey & Company as a management consultant. Browning has also held a range of managerial positions in the manufacturing, petroleum and retail industries. He holds an MBA from Yale University, as well as a bachelor’s degree in marketing and a master’s degree in advanced finance from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.

Stacey Daves-Ohlin
General Counsel and Director of Human Resources and Administration
Stacey Daves-Ohlin has a law degree (Cum Laude) from the University of Bridgeport School of Law and a BA in political science (Magna Cum Laude) from Western Connecticut State University.

 

Senior Field Staff

Victor Ganoza
Country Director, TechnoServe/Honduras

Paul Green
Country Director, TechnoServe/South Africa

Kindra Halvorson
Regional Director East Africa

Leslie Johnston
Country Director, TechnoServe/Swaziland
Interim Director West and Southern Africa

Erastus Kibugu
Country Director, TechnoServe/Uganda

Tim King
Tanzania Coffee Initiative Director

John Logan
Kenya Coffee Initiative Director

Lionel López
Country Director, TechnoServe/Guatemala

Hillary Miller-Wise
Country Director, TechnoServe/Tanzania

Patricia Ochoa
Country Manager, TechnoServe/Peru

Fred Ogana
Country Director, TechnoServe/Kenya

Julie Peters
Country Director, TechnoServe/Nicaragua

Nick Railston-Brown
Country Director, TechnoServe/Ghana

Andres Rico
Andean Regional Support Manager, Colombia

Paul Stewart
Rwanda Coffee Initiative Director

Parth Tewari
Country Director, TechnoServe/India

Roberto Vega Lara
Country Director, TechnoServe/El Salvador

Jake Walter
Country Director, TechnoServe/Mozambique

David Williams
Director South America
Interim Director Latin America