Dr Michael Ibe is an accomplished humanitarian, peacebuilding and development professional with over fifteen years of experience in international development, NGO management, and rural development. He comes with demonstrated success in strategic leadership, process optimization, innovation, robust network of stakeholder management, and high-impact project management, with a focus on driving measurable outcomes for smallholder farmers, particularly among youth and women segments. He has proven expertise in people development, operational scaling, and multi-stakeholder partnership cultivation, with a deep commitment to fostering sustainable growth and aligning organizational goals with community-driven needs. Having fund-raised and managed $51.78 million+ in grants within 48 months and worked with diverse NGOs, policy-makers, government agencies, donors, justice institutions, the media, communities and development partners both at national, subnational, regional and global levels, he is distinguished as a Resource Mobilization expert. Additionally, he is a freelance journalist with core skills in writing, editing and proofreading, grants and proposal writing coach. With many awards such as an ambassadorial award of peace under the AU agenda 63, a Doctoral degree (Honoris Causa) in Peace and Strategic Studies, as well as a Professional Doctorates in Peace and Conflict Studies, Michael comes as one of the top Peace experts in his field.