Ismail Lansah is the Executive Director of the Northern Ghana Network for Development and was previously a Senior Program Manager in ACTIONAID Ghana. He currently manages the national secretariat of the Northern Ghana Network for Development in Tamale, which encompasses the activities of 105 Ghanaian NGOs and CBOs in three northern regions. He holds an MA in Governance and Leadership, and his areas of expertise include governance and decentralization; public sector reform; participatory monitoring and evaluation; social research; program management; and training and workshop facilitation.