The Refugee Livelihoods Team

Nadja is coordinating the unit’s work on the Approach to Inclusive Market Systems (AIMS) for refugees and host communities. She has over 13 years of experience with private sector development, entrepreneurship promotion and market systems development. Prior to joining the ILO in 2014, Nadja worked on SME promotion with GIZ in Algeria, and on private sector development in the MENA region with the OECD. Nadja holds a M.A. in Economics in International Development from the American University in Cairo (AUC) in Egypt. She is fluent in English, French and German.

Fernando is a refugee livelihoods and market systems specialist with over 6 years’ experience working for multilateral agencies, national government and NGOs throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe. Fernando holds an MSc in Social Development Practice by University College London (UCL). He is fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

