Adi’s strategic proposals for the diverse technical assistance we required, his consummate professional manner, his clear capabilities and his innovative and frank communication and presentation style, were sincerely appreciated. Recollecting our journey, I have no doubt that people like Adi have been sustaining this world where mockery is in abundance. Personally I am really thankful for his contribution which immensely enriched our outputs and sophisticated our delivery – not only for the International Conference, but for the entire period. I hope we gave justice to his contribution.”

Dr. Chandra Bahadur Shrestha
Former Executive Member, National Reconstruction Authority
Government of Nepal

“Adi has been working for GFA in Nepal and leading our team there for more than 4 years. In the complex, challenging and ever-changing political and operational environment he constantly proved his excellent leadership skills. His technical guidance and versatility to adapt the strategic approach where necessary, while at the same time ensuring the overall vision and purpose of the Technical Facility, have been outstanding. Even more so has been his ability to build relationships and engage with both the government partners and his team based on trust and a quick, comprehensive grasp of the actual demands. Adi has shown superior and continued commitment, leading the Technical Facility to success.”

Ms. Anja Desai – Managing Director, GFA Consulting Group, Hamburg, Germany

“I worked closely with Adi in Pakistan for over six years, where he was a Principal Advisor to the Provisional Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Development Planning. He managed a challenging programme in an equally challenging environment, yet brought both innovation and creativity into his role and work. He designed a model for participatory planning, and tested it with a population of 35,000 in six villages; through hard work, negotiation and ingenuity, and by obtaining the buy-in of both large international donors as well as the Government of Pakistan, this was scaled up to be part of the development planning process for 210 million citizens across two provinces.

Aside from this, Adi contributed equally to the development of the company (GIZ). He led a national initiative to address the issue of “work-life balance”, ran ’employability workshops’ for a number of projects and the GIZ country office, was instrumental in the design and elaboration of the company’s ‘Vision for Pakistan’, and contributed substantially to the elaboration of a National Personnel Handbook. Adi is very result oriented, and weaves innovative and creative ideas into the solutions he presents to overcome challenges and deal with problems.”

Dr. Ulrike Reviere – Country Director GIZ, India

“As a Statistician in the area of statistical methodology it is sometimes difficult to find the necessary appreciation from Programme Leaders to apply the required methodological rigour, as this is most of the times associated with an increase in the implementation effort. However, Dr. Walker is one of only a few Programme Leaders that I have worked with that takes seriously the inclusion of robust and systematic research methodologies for monitoring, evaluation, analysis and learning in his work, whilst in parallel developing knowledge building capacity for these approaches in his teams and with his host government counterparts.

Based on his experiences using Randomised Controlled Trials (RCT) and quasi-experimental comparative analysis within a target population of over 2 million people in DR. Congo, we jointly developed the design and approach for an RCT in Pakistan suitable for small and medium sized projects by incorporating spatial information into the design. Applying a base, mid and end line surveying system using state of the art Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) techniques, we implemented the proposed design with the methodological rigour required for a statically sound measurement of the attributable effect.

Given its almost unique nature within GIZ worldwide, Dr. Walker and I were requested by GIZ Headquarters to present the design and approach at an international conference on M&E at the prestigious German Institute for Learning and Development. A large governance programme in Pakistan, subsequently built on this ‘best practice methodology’ for their own results-based monitoring system, funded by the German and Swiss Governments.”

Dr. Michael Wild – Senior Statistician/Sampling Expert, the World Bank, Washington, US

“I have worked with, and witnessed Adi in the conceptualisation, design, moderation and facilitation of a broad range of events. These include strategic multi-stakeholder planning workshops, organisational development and training programmes, leadership performance appraisals, work-life balance sessions, and team building activities.

Adi brings a strong capability and broad range of innovative tools and instruments to these events, combined with a stimulating presentation style and persona that swiftly engenders and encourages the engagement and energy of participants. Adi’s expertise in planning and running these kind of events, combined with an innovative and captivating approach to public speaking, provide both rich and memorable experiences.”

Mr. Michael Zillich – Senior Consultant – Organisational Development, Denkmodell GmbH, Berlin, Germany