Ben Aliwa

Ben Aliwa is PATH's chief business and finance officer. He served as the director of Global Risk and Compliance for PATH until December 2022. With a BS and an MBA in international business, he brings more than 18 years of leadership experience in international development with a focus on health and nutrition, human rights, education, humanitarian response, peacebuilding, and sustainable livelihoods in East and Southern Africa and Europe.

Previously, Ben served as PATH's East Africa Hub and Kenya country program director. Before joining PATH, Ben's work spanned a diversity of regions and programmatic and operational dimensions. He acted in a variety of capacities with Save the Children International, including as the director for the Regional and Multi-Country Program Unit; worked as a specialist in operational risk in Geneva with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria; served in several leadership positions with Skillshare International UK, including as program director for Africa Projects and Global Partner Resourcing Director; functioned as a grant specialist consultant with UNDP in New York; and advanced the work of UNICEF as a program manager in Botswana.

Ben currently sits on several nongovernmental organization boards and serves as an advisor with Mahiti, an organization that enables civil society organizations to transition to secure cloud-based solutions; gather, analyze, and visualize big data; and apply technology to monitor programs and enhance efficiency and reach.