Deputy Director
Fabrizio Felloni
Italy
English, French, Spanish, Italian
+39 06 5459 2361
Master's in Agricultural Economics Washington State University , USA
Master-equivalent in Economic and Social Sciences Bocconi University, Italy
Fabrizio Felloni has been the IOE Deputy Director since September 2016. He was previously a Lead Evaluation Officer at IFAD and Evaluation Specialist at the Independent Evaluation Office of UNDP in New York. Fabrizio develops operational policies and methodologies to enhance the independence and effectiveness of the independent evaluation function and is active in methodological development. He led the preparation of the 2022 IFAD Evaluation Manual. He contributes to divisional strategic leadership and ensures high-quality professional work by creating an enabling environment for and coaching of IOE staff, and setting quality standards for IOE outputs. He has worked on international development evaluations for over twenty years, he led and is leading corporate, country programmes as well as project-level evaluations in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. He is author and co-author of several peer-reviewed publications.
Professional affiliations and distinctions Member of the American Evaluation Association Member of the American Applied Economics Association
+20 years experience in international programme evaluation
+10 years experience at the evaluation leadership level.
2016 Rome, Italy
2010 Rome, Italy
2008 New York, USA
2001 Rome, Italy
Deputy Director Independent Office of Evaluation IFAD
Lead Evaluation Officer Independent Office of Evaluation IFAD
Evaluation Specialist Independent Evaluation Office UNDP
Evaluation Officer Independent Office of Evaluation IFAD
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