Daniel Bourdanne

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Daniel Bourdanne was born in Chad. He is currently based in Oxford, UK where he serves as General Secretary of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students. Daniel studied in Chad, Cameroon, Togo, Côte d’Ivoire and France and has a PhD from the University of Abidjan in animal ecology. He has been involved in student ministry for more than 20 years, having been on staff with IFES in Francophone Africa as regional secretary, responsible for overseeing IFES ministry across the region’s 20 countries, before being appointed to his current global leadership role.

ALS Role

Daniel Bourdanne met with the ALS leadership team, and served as an external advisor and consultant on research design and implementation. His experience and continued work with young leaders across the continent gave him a unique grass roots perspective. His insights into Francophone Africa have been most informative.

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Evan Hunter

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Evan Hunter serves as Vice President with ScholarLeaders International, an organization that exists to encourage and enable Christian theological leaders from the Majority World for the global church. He holds a PhD from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School where his research focused on the contextual engagement of newly developed doctoral programs in evangelical seminaries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. His work keeps him engaged with the development of Christian leaders through theological education. Evan lives near Chicago, IL with his wife and three sons.

ALS Role

Evan Hunter met regularly with the ALS leadership team, and served as an external advisor and consultant on research design and implementation and on interpreting the data. He provided input into the analysis and writing up of results.

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Joanna Ilboudo

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Dr. Joanna Ilboudo is a founder and Senior Advisor for ACTS-Burkina Faso. The ACTS programs for literacy, micro enterprise, writers training and primary and secondary education have provided her a wealth of experience and wisdom regarding leadership development. She is also the Executive Secretary of PACWA, the women commission of AEA. She has written and published the following books: Pitié pour ma soeur, Au nom de la foi, Destinée via adversité, Et si toute ma vie était louange!, Parcours de Femmes. In 2016 she was chosen to represent the evangelical church in Burkina Faso on the National Elections Committee.

ALS Role

Joanna Ilboudo served as an external advisor and consultant for the Africa Leadership Study, and met regularly with the larger leadership team. She brought her firsthand experience of the challenges faced by women leaders in Francophone Africa to the conversation.

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Ian Shaw

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Rev. Dr Ian J. Shaw is Associate International Director of the Langham Scholars Programme. He is also Honorary Fellow at the School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Ian holds a PhD from the University of Manchester, UK, in the field of Church History and Historical Theology. He is the author of six books. Before working with Langham Partnership he was for twelve years Dean of Postgraduate Studies in a theological college in Scotland. Through his work with Langham Partnership he engages extensively with theological education institutions across Africa, and helps support doctoral and postdoctoral students from Africa with their research. He is currently work with various institutions in Francophone Africa furthering the development of their doctoral and postdoctoral programs.

ALS Role

Ian Shaw met regularly with the ALS leadership team, and served as an external advisor and consultant on research design and implementation and on making sense of the results. He provided input into the analysis and writing up of results.

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