Dr. Constantinos Berhe Tesfu

Initiator, founder and General Assembly Chair

Dr. Costantinos Berhutesfa Costantinos has until recently been serving as Senior Policy Advisor on Governance, Poverty and Sustainable Development in the UN in New York, Chair of the AU Anti-corruption Advisory Board and professor of public policy. He serves and continues to serve as a board chairman and member of major African humanitarian networks and research institutions. He has worked as team leader on many international programmes in many countries. Dr. Costantinos is author of eight textbooks, numerous papers published in professional journals and/or presented to workshops and symposia.

Bekele Bayisa: Board Chair

He holds B.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Addis Ababa University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Chemical Engineering from The University of Leeds, U.K. He has served in government and various private companies all in all for over 40 years at different position senior consultant, head of science & technology & research. He has served as the CEO to a number of share companies. He is currently serving as the CEO of Bekas Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. Co. 

Beletu Mengistu : Board Vice Chair

She holds BA degree in History from Addis Ababa University.She started her educational profession as high school teacher for three years. Then she joined Ministry of Education and served at various positions. Later joined the NGO community and served in local and international organizations from senior program officer to executive director level. Her committed voluntary service to different civil society organizations enabled her to gain rich experience through serving rural and urban communities. 

Tadelech Tadesse
She holds BSc in Chemistry from Addis Ababa University. She began her career as a quality control chemist at the National Leather and Shoe Corporation’s Awash Tannery, where she worked from 1982 to 1991. Since 1999, she has co-managed Aritiherbal Products, focusing on product development and marketing. She also promotes Ethiopian artisan products through Wublinks Promotion PLC and is actively involved in various professional organizations.

Tesfa Belayneh
He holds B.Sc. degree in Applied Biology from Gonder University. He began his career in government office as agriculture expert. He has served as a Manager of AZ Ethiop Trading Share company and Hunder Projects Trading PLC. AtoTesfa has served in private companies as owner and Entrepreneur for the last 15 years. He has certificates for skills in creativity and also has experience in modern technologies. He is also a writer, and wrote 5 different books & articles in magazines in Amharic. Currently, as CEO in Minimal Real Estate PLCwhere he is one of the founders.

Tigist Geremew

She is a professional consultant has over nineteen years of experience in finance and accounting and holds an MBA in Accounting and Finance and a BSC in Management Information Systems. She has extensive experience in conducting organizational capacity assessments, financial management system design and implementation, leading organizational financial reporting activities, financial system solutions, strategic tax planning, and tax audit. 

Mogues Worku

(B.Sc in Natural Science, BA in Development Management, Advanced Certificate in Watershed Management (Sweden), and Postgraduate Diploma in development management)

joined Lem Ethiopia in 1992 as a volunteer while he was a university student. After graduation from 1994 to 2000 he was working as an expert in environmental education and natural resources management and as Executive Director from 2001 up to date. He attended a number of various training sessions in Ethiopia and abroad. He is member of board of directors of three consortium and two NGOs. He is also a member of different national and regional networks..