Mr Neil Cole
 Mr Neil Cole is the Executive Secretary of the Collaborative Africa Budget Reform Initiative. Prior to this, Mr Cole served as a Chief Director of the African Economic Integration unit at the South African National Treasury as well as in the Budget Office – first as the director responsible for budget reforms and later as the head of the Expenditure Planning unit. Mr Cole completed postgraduate studies in economics at the University of London and holds an undergraduate degree in public administration and Communications.
Mr Cole’s expertise is in strategic planning, budgeting and budget execution. He has participated in several global forums on aid effectiveness and contributed in the drafting of the Accra Action Agenda and the Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation. He serves as a faculty member on the PFM Program at the Harvard Kennedy School.
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Mr Steven D. Pierce
 Steven Pierce is currently serving as USAID’s Special Coordinator for Development Effectiveness and, until September of 2013, was the U.S. Representative to the OECD/DAC. In this capacity he is responsible for coordinating United States Government and Agency efforts in joint policy and strategy development on aid effectiveness and related issues, and in building effective, high-impact partnerships with a wide range of development partners. Prior to assuming this position he served as the Agency’s Executive Secretary and as Senior Policy Advisor to three USAID Administrators, responsible for advising the Administrator on a wide range of policy, programmatic, and strategic issues.
Dr. Pierce is one of the Agency’s leading authorities on aid/development effectiveness, was the USAID and USG coordinator for the High Level Forum in Busan, South Korea and serves as the US representative to the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC). Dr. Pierce holds post-graduate degrees in Public Administration and International Political Economy.
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