Pierre Rialland

Pierre Rialland is a French economist, policy strategist, and international development expert whose career spans the world's most influential development institutions and whose commitment to Tanzania has remained constant since 2017. Holding a PhD in Economics from the University of Essex, a first-class MSc from the Toulouse School of Economics, and a BSc from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Pierre brings exceptional academic depth to his role as Board Chair of CODEWA. His doctoral research in microeconomics and policy evaluation gives him a rigorous analytical foundation that directly informs how CODEWA designs, measures, and scales its programmes. In his professional career, Pierre serves as an Industrial Policy Consultant for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in Vienna, where he leads the development of Guinea's national industrial policy. He simultaneously works as a Research Consultant for the World Bank's Social Protection and Labour unit, identifying priority investment areas to strengthen human capital across developing economies. As a Senior Consultant for Instiglio a global results-based financing organisation — he designs Monitoring and Evaluation systems and advises governments on paying for outcomes that genuinely work. His earlier career includes roles as an M&E Officer for Alterfin in Brussels, developing impact measurement systems across 180 partners in 40 countries, and as a Field Research Officer for BRAC in Tanzania where his connection to East Africa's development challenges was first forged. At CODEWA, Pierre brings the full weight of that global experience to bear on a local mission: ensuring that every programme we run is strategically sound, rigorously measured, and built to last.