Ofélia Santos Simão

Country Director, The Hunger Project, Mozambique

Ofélia Santos Simão became country director of The Hunger Project-Mozambique in 2007. Prior to that, she worked extensively in government agencies and with NGOs in Mozambique and has expertise in gender issues, community-based natural resource management and participatory monitoring and evaluation.

Ms. Simão has served as a consultant and trainer at FAO and World Vision. Prior to her graduate education, Ms. Simão served as a secondary school chemistry teacher.

Ms. Simão earned a Master of Environmental Management in the field of natural resources from the University of Queensland.