Our Team
Senior specialists in finance, governance, research and evaluation, with decades of combined experience across Africa’s development sector.
Richard Orenyo
Founder & Lead Consultant | Richent Consulting Limited
Richard Orenyo is a finance, operations and organizational management professional with over 25 years of senior leadership and advisory experience across the development and private sectors in East, West and Southern Africa.
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He brings extensive expertise in financial management, procurement and supply chain management, grants and sub-award administration, organizational development, risk management, donor compliance and institutional strengthening. His professional experience spans complex, multi-country and multi-donor programs, working with international development agencies, NGOs, foundations and private sector organizations.
Throughout his career, Richard has held senior management positions, providing strategic and operational leadership in financial governance, organizational systems, resource management, internal controls and program accountability. He has worked with major international funding institutions, including USAID, the European Union, the World Bank, United Nations agencies, FCDO, DANIDA, SIDA and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Richard leads the company’s strategic direction and oversees the delivery of advisory and implementation assignments in financial management, audit and assurance, procurement and supply chain, tax advisory, grants management and organizational development. He works closely with institutional leadership and management teams to strengthen governance, improve operational performance, reinforce compliance and establish sustainable management systems.
Dr. Elizabeth Kirema, PhD
Research, Evaluation, Democracy & Governance Expert
Dr. Elizabeth Kirema is a governance, research and evaluation specialist with over 15 years of professional experience spanning democratic governance, electoral processes, public policy, institutional strengthening and development programming.
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She has worked with government institutions, civil society organizations, international development partners and democratic governance institutions, providing technical leadership in research, program evaluation, institutional assessments and evidence-based policy development.
Her areas of expertise include electoral integrity, democratic accountability, gender equality, women’s political participation, social inclusion, human rights and governance reforms. She brings extensive experience in designing and leading quantitative, qualitative and mixed-methods research, developing monitoring, evaluation and learning frameworks, conducting organizational capacity assessments and translating empirical findings into policy recommendations and practical program interventions.
Dr. Kirema has undertaken assignments for organizations including USAID, The Carter Center, FIDA-Kenya, Mzalendo Trust, Uraia Trust, Elections Observation Group (ELOG), Constitution Reform and Education Consortium (CRECO) and Kenya Red Cross. Her professional experience includes managing large-scale election observation processes, evaluating democracy and governance programs, strengthening women’s rights organizations and supporting institutional transformation initiatives.
She holds a PhD in Research and Evaluation from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa, a Master’s degree in Education (Curriculum Studies) and a Bachelor of Education Arts from the University of Nairobi. She is a member of the Evaluation Society of Kenya (ESK), the Society of Educational Research and Evaluation in Kenya (SEREK) and Women Educational Researchers of Kenya (WERK).
Irene Opondo
Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) Expert
Irene Opondo is a Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) specialist with over 10 years of experience leading evidence generation, social research, and performance measurement for development programs across Africa.
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She provides technical leadership in the design and implementation of MEL systems, mixed-methods research, evaluations, and learning initiatives that support data-driven decision-making and program improvement.
Her expertise includes social research, implementation research, impact evaluation, performance measurement, data analytics, knowledge management, and capacity strengthening. Irene has worked across sectors including economic inclusion, livelihoods, youth development, governance, climate resilience, and humanitarian programming.
She is skilled in qualitative and quantitative research methods and is proficient in SPSS, NVivo, MAXQDA, ODK, KoboToolbox, Power BI, and GIS applications. Irene holds a Master of Arts in Monitoring and Evaluation from Daystar University and is passionate about generating high-quality evidence that drives sustainable development and meaningful impact.