Practice Leadership
Four accountable Director roles connect commercial research, financial analysis, strategy and development economics.
Governing oversight
Strategy · Integrity · Financial accountability
Executive Director
Institutional leadership · Research quality · Client and delivery accountability
Director, Market Intelligence & Private-Sector Research
Leads market entry, demand, customers, pricing, competition and growth research.
Director, Investment Research & Financial Analytics
Leads feasibility, investment appraisal, commercial due diligence and financial modelling.
Director, Strategy, Performance & Data Analytics
Leads business strategy, performance diagnostics, management dashboards and implementation evidence.
Director, Development Economics & Public-Sector Research
Leads policy, socioeconomic studies, evaluation, social protection, agriculture and health economics.
Head of Research Operations
Fieldwork, logistics and assignment coordination
Head of Data & Digital Systems
Data quality, secure access and analytical systems
Head of Client & Corporate Services
Proposals, client relationships, finance and administration
Quality-assurance lead · Data-protection responsibility · Ethics and conflict review. Issues are escalated to executive and governing oversight as appropriate.
Director, Market Intelligence and Private-Sector Research
Practice 01 leads market entry, demand, customers, competition, pricing and distribution research. The role is accountable for linking primary market evidence to reachable opportunities and growth choices.
- Define the technical scope and analytical plan.
- Lead interpretation, technical review and client presentations.
- Coordinate specialist expertise and implementation priorities.
Director, Investment Research and Financial Analytics
Practice 02 leads feasibility, commercial due diligence, investment appraisal and financial and economic modelling. The role challenges investment assumptions and makes uncertainty, capital requirements and financing implications explicit.
- Define the technical scope and analytical plan.
- Lead interpretation, technical review and client presentations.
- Coordinate specialist expertise and implementation priorities.
Director, Strategy, Performance and Data Analytics
Practice 03 leads business strategy, performance diagnostics, management indicators and dashboards. The role connects analytical findings to operational priorities, management decisions and implementation road maps.
- Define the technical scope and analytical plan.
- Lead interpretation, technical review and client presentations.
- Coordinate specialist expertise and implementation priorities.
Director, Development Economics and Public-Sector Research
Practice 04 leads policy, socioeconomic surveys, evaluation and inclusive-development research. The role is accountable for methodological suitability, interpretation of programme effects and responsible dissemination.
- Define the technical scope and analytical plan.
- Lead interpretation, technical review and client presentations.
- Coordinate specialist expertise and implementation priorities.
Accountability and appointments
These are the practice accountability roles in IDER’s organisational design. Individual appointments and professional profiles are published only after institutional confirmation. The Executive Director retains overall research and advisory leadership.
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