Representative for Europe & Central Asia
Svetlana Negroustoueva is a senior governance and evaluation leader with over 20 years of experience advising multilateral institutions, global partnerships, and development organizations. She currently leads an independent evaluation function in an international research partnership CGIAR, supporting governance bodies and executive leadership in strengthening institutional strategy, accountability systems, and performance frameworks. Her expertise spans policy reform, risk-informed oversight, organizational effectiveness, and evidence-based decision-making also in the World Bank, AfDB and USAID-funded organizations. Svetlana has led major strategic evaluations and institutional reviews and has extensive record of collaborating with audit and assurance functions. She brings strong analytical rigor, independent judgment, multilingual capabilities, and deep experience of operating in complex international environments across sectors like agriculture, climate change, health and gender.
Svetlana is a recognized leader in feminist and gender-responsive evaluation. She is a former Co-Chair of EvalGender+ and an active member of the American Evaluation Association (AEA), the International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS), and the European Evaluation Society (EES). She has authored and co-authored numerous evaluation reports, peer-reviewed articles, and methodological guidance, and regularly presents at international conferences.
She holds a Master of Public Affairs from the University of Texas at Austin, USA, and a Bachelor’s degree from Moscow State University, Russia.
First Term of Office expires 31 March 2029
