Robert Sam-Kpakra. Robert has more than a decade of operations research experience in health, water and sanitation, governance, education, livelihood, energy and other thematic areas. He has led and co-managed programme evaluations from planning to report writing stage, for local and international NGOs, as well as multilateral agencies, including the United Nations and the World Bank. Over the years, Robert has provided technical and field-level support as a Dalan Senior Associate to small and large-scale studies (including national surveys). He served as a technical adviser for a 2020 UNDP commissioned assignment to undertake a socio-economic impact assessment of COVID-19 on businesses (micro & small) in the Informal Sector in Sierra Leone. He is proficient in the use of data management packages, such as the Statistical Package for Social Scientist (SPSS) and Stata. is a motivated team player with good interpersonal, management, communication and strategic thinking ability.