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ambassador ombeni yohana sefue
Chief Secretary
Government of the united Republic of tanzania
As Chief Secretary, Ambassador Sefue is
Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Public
Service. Prior to that, he served as Ambassador
and Permanent Representative of the United
Republic of Tanzania to the United Nations in
New York from 31st August 2010.
He was also Tanzania’s Ambassador to the
United States of America in Washington D.C.
from 15th June 2007 to 14th August 2010, with
concurrent accreditation to Mexico. Ambassador
Sefue served as his country’s High Commissioner
(Ambassador) to Canada from October 2005
to June 2007, with concurrent accreditation to
Cuba.
A career diplomat, Ambassador Sefue also
served as Counselor in the Embassy of Tanzania
in Stockholm, Sweden, between 1987 and 1992.
He worked with Hernando de Soto’s
Institute for Liberty and Democracy to
establish a Property and Business Formalisation
Program for Tanzania intended to provide legal
protection and empowerment of the poor.
Among other initiatives, he was also involved
in the promulgation of the Tanzania Mini Tiger
Plan intended to transform Tanzania into a
middle-income country as well as the Tanzania
Development Vision 2025.
In 2006-07, Ambassador Sefue assisted
President Mkapa when the latter was a
Commissioner in the Commission on Legal
Empowerment of the Poor, an independent
international commission, hosted by the United
Nations Development Program (UNDP) in New
York, focusing on the link between exclusion,
poverty, and the law. In 2008, the Commission
issued its report, Making the Law Work for
Everyone.
In recognition of his extensive diplomatic
career and the work done with different
presidents, Ambassador Sefue received from
President Jakaya M Kikwete one of the Nation’s
highest awards, The Order of The United Republic
of Tanzania, First Class, on 9th December 2012.
sir michael barber
Chief Education Advisor
Pearson PlC
Sir Michael Barber is a leading authority on
education systems and education reform. Over
the past two decades his research and advisory
work has focused on school improvement,
standards and performance; system-wide reform;
effective implementation; access, success and
funding in higher education; and access and
quality in schools in developing countries.
Sir Barber recently joined Pearson as Chief
Education Advisor, leading Pearson’s worldwide
programme of research into education policy
and efficacy, advising on and supporting the
development of products and services that build
on the research findings, and playing a particular
role in Pearson’s strategy for education in the
poorest sectors of the world, particularly in
fast-growing developing economies.
Prior to Pearson, he was a Partner at
McKinsey & Company and Head of McKinsey’s
global education practice. He co-authored two
major McKinsey education reports: ‘How the
world’s most improved school systems keep
getting better’ (2010) and “How the world’s
best-performing schools come out on top”
(2007). He is also Distinguished Visiting Fellow
at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and
holds an honorary doctorate from the University
of Exeter.
He previously served the UK government
as Head of the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit
(from 2001-2005) and as Chief Adviser to the
Secretary of State for Education on School
Standards (from 1997-2001). Before joining
government he was a professor at the Institute
of Education at the University of London. He is
the author of several books including “Instruction
to Deliver”, “The Learning Game: Arguments for
an Education Revolution”, and “How to do the
Impossible: a Guide for Politicians with a Passion
for Education”.
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