info@melabconsulting.com +255 747 454 795

Our Team

Leadership & Organisational Structure

MELAB is led by a core management team and supported by a panel of specialist associate experts engaged per assignment.

​​​​​​​Add
photo

Cephas Munjeri
Chief Executive Officer
Add
photo
Mwabita Vedastus Fundi
Founder, Technical Lead & Head of Evaluation
Add
photo
Josiah Katabaro
Head of Strategy & Partnerships
Add
photo
Donald Fundi
Head of Operations, Finance & Administration
Key Expertise

Our Technical Specialists

A panel of retained international associate experts — MELAB retainers deployed by the client need across sectors, bringing deep, sector-specific qualifications to every assignment.

Add
photo
Frank Chege
Research & Evaluation Specialist

MSc in Research Methods with 10+ years designing MERL systems and serving as a regional MEL advisor; leads evaluation quality assurance.

Add
photo
Nosa Boadi
WASH Specialist

MSc Development Administration & Planning (UCL) and Civil Engineering; 20+ years across 20+ countries, including regional WASH leadership with UNHCR.

Add
photo

Jana Jakubíková
Livelihoods & Climate Change Specialist

MSc Sustainable Development (Sussex); 14+ years in livelihoods advisory and senior management — economic recovery, resilience, and women’s economic empowerment.

Add
photo
Dr Tatu-Maureen Mnimbo
Gender Specialist

Gender & social development expert with 12+ years advancing gender equality, GBV prevention, and gender-responsive programming with major international donors.

Add
photo
Dr Janvier Bahati Bindu
Health Specialist

Medical doctor with an MPH in Health Economics; extensive emergency health, nutrition, and disease-surveillance experience across DRC, South Sudan, Chad, Nigeria, and Iraq.

Add
photo
Ignatious Mangwiro
Nutrition Specialist

BSc Nutrition and MSc Strategic Management; 20+ years across South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, and Zimbabwe leading emergency and long-term nutrition, food security, and livelihoods work.

Add
photo
Fadhili Lucas Mtafi
Education in Emergencies Specialist

Master of Humanitarian Action; 8+ years leading refugee-camp education and child-protection programming in Tanzania with Plan International and Caritas, including serving as country focal point for refugee emergency response.

Add
photo
Laurensia Kasiga
Gender & GBV Specialist

GBV and women’s protection specialist with 9+ years across Tanzania, Afghanistan, South Sudan, and Bangladesh; expert in GBV case management, survivor-centred prevention programming, and GBVIMS data systems, with extensive IRC experience.

Add
photo
Stefania Rigotto
Protection & AAP Specialist

Senior humanitarian protection expert with 15+ years across DRC, South Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Chad, and the Horn of Africa; specialist in protection mainstreaming, GBV response, accountability to affected populations (AAP), and PSEA, most recently with DG ECHO.