About

Before joining ESSA, Pauline was a Senior Manager for Global Health at the National Institute for Health Research, UK. She oversaw the strategic use of UK Official Development Assistance funding to support partnerships between health researchers in institutions in the UK and low- and middle-income countries, particularly in Africa.

Pauline spent nine years at the University of Cambridge, UK, where she was instrumental in establishing and managing the flagship, multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary Cambridge-Africa Programme.

She facilitated collaboration between Cambridge and African researchers and helped strengthen African PhD and postdoctoral researchers’ capacity through the provision of scholarships and training/mentorship by Cambridge academics. She holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Agriculture from the University of Ghana and earned MPhil and PhD degrees in Biological Science from the University of Cambridge, UK.

In 2022, she received a Global Women in Leadership Award for her contributions to helping achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in sub-Saharan Africa and the developing world over the past 20 years.