Dr Joan Nwasike, Assistant Head of Section Regional Programmes and Adviser Caribbean Governance and Institutional Development Division, Commonwealth Secretariat.

Before joining the Commonwealth Secretariat six years ago, she worked as a Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation (CFTC) Expert in Public Sector Development for the Government of Tanzania for two years.

She has designed, developed and implemented high level in-country programmes on Leadership for Development for Cabinet and Permanent Secretaries in several Caribbean countries.