Ellen is responsible for several infoDev activities in the area of ICT-enabled private sector development, including scaling up the Incubator Initiative, supervising business incubator projects, and managing 6 regional networks on business incubation in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, the Middle East & North Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. Before joining infoDev, Ellen was a consultant to the International Finance Corporation (IFC), working on grassroots business development and social entrepreneurship. Ellen has worked as product and partnership manager for other organizations in the public and private sector, and has experience in designing and managing both global and country-level information and technology (IT) projects (Angola, Morocco and Tanzania).  Ellen has an MBA in International Finance and an MA in International Affairs focused on Sub-Saharan Africa.