In a nutshell
I am an independent senior evaluation, MEL and strategy consultant with more than 25 years of experience in international development and more than a decade as an independent consultant.
My professional path has taken me from adult education and language teaching to international programme management and ultimately evaluation, MEL and strategic advisory work. This combination continues to shape how I work today: I am interested not only in generating robust evidence, but in how people and organisations understand it, learn from it and use it to make better decisions.
I have worked with organisations and stakeholders across Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Europe, covering a wide range of thematic areas and institutional contexts.
I am also the co-founder and co-chair of the Vienna Evaluation Network (http://www.viennaevaluationnetwork.eu) since 2017 where we want to contribute to the professionalisation of the evaluation profession.
Curiosity and learning are central to my work. I enjoy exploring new sectors, perspectives and methods and bringing together research, practice and creativity to understand what works, why it works and what could be improved. A strong focus on usefulness is equally important to me: producing evidence and insights that help organisations learn, make informed decisions and improve what they do is a key driver of my work.
I particularly enjoy multilingual, multicultural and interdisciplinary environments. I work in German, English, Italian, French, Spanish and Portuguese. My longstanding interest in languages, cultures and people’s experiences helps me build rapport quickly and conduct interviews and facilitated processes across very different contexts.
Education
MSc, Managing Rural Development, SOAS, University of London
Diploma, International Politics and Development Cooperation, SPICeS, Rome
Mag. phil., Languages, History and Social Studies, University of Innsbruck, with studies in Rome and Berlin
Additional professional training includes evaluation and impact measurement, outcome harvesting, appreciative inquiry, organisational capacity assessment, facilitation, knowledge management and project management (ISO 17024 certification), theory of change, etc.
Please contact me for more information on how I can support you or to receive my full CV:
E office[@]anitaleutgeb.at
T +43 (0) 680/5519705
I am based in Austria, but work internationally.