Mira Gratier is an expert in humanitarian assistance and international development with 20 years’ experience developing and implementing contextually relevant strategies to maximise social impact, ensure aid effectiveness, and manage risk in complex environments.
She has lived and worked in Kenya, India, Senegal, Uganda, DR Congo, Chad, Zimbabwe, Lebanon and Ethiopia and in Italy, the UK, France and Belgium, carrying out extensive field monitoring, managing complex programmes and ensuring rigorous research, analysis and evaluation activities underpin strategic and operational decisions.
Throughout her career, Mira has found herself connecting the dots and seeking better quality and relevance by working coherently across humanitarian response, longer-term recovery, resilience and stabilisation outcomes. Her recent work has focused on strategy development, partnerships and capacity building, programme quality and impact measurement in food security, livelihoods and shock-responsive social protection, including cash transfer programmes. Her work on market-based solutions included developing partnerships with commercial grain suppliers to address issues with grain imports during a major drought in Zimbabwe, ensuring the impact and sustainability of crisis response efforts.
Mira’s extensive experience has given her a deep understanding of the confluence of social, economic, cultural, and environmental factors that must inform effective responses and meaningful engagement with communities.
