Asdrubal Negrete Lebette is currently the chief of party of the Colombia Rural Finance Initiative, where he works with banks, anchor firms, and producers to design and pilot innovative value chain finance mechanisms to help smallholders,…
Catherine Kannam
Chief Operating Officer
Catherine Kannam is Chemonics’ chief operating officer. Prior to this role, she was the senior vice president (SVP) for Chemonics’ Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and Afghanistan region as well as the SVP for Chemonics’ Gender, Equality, and…
Melissa Cook formerly led Chemonics’ Digital Transformation team to create and implement a modern Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platform.
William Keller
Senior Vice President, Nigeria Country Operations
William Keller is Chemonics’ Senior Vice President, Nigeria Country Operations. Previously, he served as the Chief Financial Officer and as the director of the company’s finance and compliance review team. A certified public accountant, William has…
Preston Motes
Senior Director, Middle East and North Africa Regional Business Unit
Preston Motes is an international economic development specialist with more than 20 years of experience designing and implementing programs focused on private sector competitiveness, entrepreneurship, workforce development, local economic development, and tourism. He is currently a…
Brian King
Chief of Party, Lebanon Agriculture and Rural Empowerment (ARE) Activity
Brian King is currently the chief of party for USAID’s Agriculture and Rural Empowerment Activity (ARE) in Lebanon. He is an senior international development professional with more than 18 years of experience leading economic growth programming…