Ope is the Advocacy and Resource Mobilisation Advisor at Uniting to Combat NTDs, where she provides strategic insight and advice to shape Uniting’s resource mobilisation efforts. She co-develops and implements the advocacy and resource mobilisation engagement strategies and plans, with a focus on the African region.

With nearly two decades of experience in international development, Ope has worked across a range of donor-funded programmes spanning health, governance and business.

Prior to Uniting, she consulted for Adam Smith International on the UK DFID-funded GEMS3 programme.  Ope holds an MA in Development Studies from the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK.

Outside of work, she enjoys music and singing, and displays her love for adventure through traveling and long-distance walking.