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GBEMISOLA OYINDAMOLA User

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Senior program and grants leader driving donor-funded, market-driven agricultural and climate-smart impact.

Nigeria

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What I'm looking for

I seek roles leading donor-funded program and grants portfolios where I can drive compliance, resource mobilization, partner capacity building, and measurable, scalable impact.

I am a senior program and grants leader with over 10 years of experience providing portfolio-level oversight for complex, donor-funded programs across agriculture, climate-smart innovation, financial inclusion, and market-driven development.

I have a proven track record managing multi-million-dollar grants and diverse grantee portfolios with strong accountability for compliance, risk management, and performance delivery.

I regularly work with global funders, philanthropic platforms, and private-sector stakeholders to translate funding into measurable, sustainable impact, having led portfolio oversight, grantmaking, and acceleration support across multiple value chains.

My strengths include designing governance and M&E frameworks, mobilizing resources, strengthening partner capacity, and brokering connections between innovators, investors, and public-sector actors to unlock financing and scale solutions.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Grants Manager

Current

ITAD Inc.

Nov 2024 - Present (1 year 3 months)

Provide portfolio-level oversight for a donor-funded open innovation platform supporting climate-smart agricultural enterprises, leading grantmaking, compliance, milestone-based disbursement, and strategic support to strengthen scalability and investor linkages.

Grant Management Climate Smart Agriculture Monitoring & Evaluation Risk Management Stakeholder Engagement Partnership Development

Subject Matter Expert

Abt Global

Mar 2024 - Oct 2024 (7 months)

Provided strategic advisory for a large-scale donor-funded agriculture program, leading technical research, stakeholder interviews, partner identification, and proposal content development to strengthen program positioning.

Proposal Development Stakeholder Engagement Research Analysis partner identification Strategic Planning

Grants Manager

Resonance Global

May 2022 - Jul 2023 (1 year 2 months)

Led portfolio-level management for a ~$3M donor-funded COVID-19 food security program across 17 grantees, overseeing grantmaking, disbursement, compliance, performance monitoring, and risk mitigation to improve grantee outcomes.

Portfolio Management Grantmaking Compliance Monitoring Capacity Building Disbursal Risk Mitigation

Project Analyst

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Feb 2022 - Jul 2022 (5 months)

Provided advisory and coordination support for financial inclusion initiatives, restructuring communities of practice, designing an M&E framework, and streamlining governance documents to improve execution and reporting.

Governance Reporting

Program Coordinator

Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa

Apr 2019 - Dec 2021 (2 years 8 months)

Supported country-level oversight of donor-funded programs, contributing to resource mobilization that secured over €3.7M and $1.3M, coordinating national validation meetings, and integrating risk and compliance frameworks into operations.

Program Coordination Resource Mobilization Risk & Compliance Event Coordination Donor Reporting

Project Consultant

Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture

Feb 2019 - Apr 2019 (2 months)

Supported start-up and operationalization of a multi-year donor-funded agribusiness investment activity, providing operational and programmatic support during early implementation.

Project Setup Operational Support Stakeholder Engagement

Project Specialist

Shebag Holdings Limited

Sep 2018 - Jan 2019 (4 months)

Improved project operations and compliance systems to strengthen internal efficiency and reporting accuracy across company projects.

Operations Management Compliance Process Improvement Reporting Internal Controls

Grant Management Specialist

Palladium International

Mar 2015 - Oct 2017 (2 years 7 months)

Led portfolio-level grants and contracts management for donor-funded agribusiness initiatives, conducting due diligence on 60+ applications valued over $40M and administering a $2M grants portfolio while building grantee investment readiness.

Due Diligence Contracts Management Investment Readiness Capacity Building