Sharmake Adan Shirwa, Sharmake is a Senior Development and Humanitarian Specialist with 14+ years of experience managing complex programs across Africa and the Pacific. As Grants & Business Development Manager OPRA, he has successfully mobilized $23.4 million from major donors including Bills & Melinda Gates Foundation, UNICEF, SIDA, FCDO, USAID, WORLD BANK AND PRIVATE DONORS. His expertise spans strategic leadership, resource mobilization, program management (M&E, Sphere standards, results-based frameworks), and multi-stakeholder partnership building. Key roles served as leading institutional fundraising for PASOS in Somalia/Horn of Africa 2017, directing Surf Aid International's regional programs across 5 African countries (2016 - 2019), and managing CARE International's donor compliance in East/Southern Africa (2014 -2015). He holds a Master of Public Health from Fiji National University and an MSc in International Community Development from UNSW Australia, with PMP® certification and Sphere Standards trainer accreditation.