Mathias Lardinois works for Enabel (the Belgian Development Agency) since 2008. He is currently the Country Portfolio Manager and Country Director for Enabel in Mauritania, supervising a portfolio in two sectors: (1) health and (2) food security, nutrition and sustainable agriculture. Until June 2020, he was the Coordinator of the Belgian Food Security Programme in Tanzania (Maisha Bora), implemented by 5 international and 10 local development partners with expertise in water engineering, livestock productivity & health, land-use planning, micro-finance, entrepreneurship, WASH & nutrition. From 2011-15, Mathias was Operation Advisor for Enabel in Brussels, in charge of the formulation, backstopping and evaluation of projects in DRC, Uganda, Tanzania, Vietnam. From 2008-11 he was Technical Assistant for Enabel in Timbuktu (Mali) for the support of the wheat value chain. Previous experiences are a 5 years position as Technical Assistant in Senegal to develop new locally processed food products with high added-value, and a 4 years position as Research Engineer at the University of Liege (Belgium) working on municipal solid waste management in developing countries.