Management Team
Wida Yalaqi
Founder & Executive Director
Wida Yalaqi is the Founder and Executive Director of Afghanistan Capacity Development Educational Organisation (ACDEO). She founded ACDEO to promote women’s rights and their access to justice and information in Afghanistan. Wida has extensive experience in performance management, business process improvement, capacity building, and transformation management in a wide variety of national and international organisations. She specialises in designing and establishing NGOs as well as small and medium size businesses with a strong emphasis on empowering women. Wida was born in Afghanistan and completed her higher education in the United Kingdom.
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She started her career as an audit officer with GlaxoSmithKline but moved back to Afghanistan in 2005 and successfully implemented numerous development programmes for international entities and the Government of Afghanistan.
wida.yalaqi@acdeo.org
Waheed Qadiri
Programme Coordinator
Waheed Qaderi has his Bachelor degree in Economics and master in Banking & Finance. He has an extensive experience of working with Government since 2004 in different line ministries such as Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Commerce & Industries, Ministry of Mines & Petroleum and Ministry of Information & Culture
He has played a key role in reforming and re-structuring of Government entities at national and sub-national level and is well known among the International Financial Intuitions (WB, IMF) and donor agencies. He has managed national level projects for country’s extractive and natural resources and has supported sector development reforms.
He has played a key role in reforming and re-structuring of Government entities at national and sub-national level and is well known among the International Financial Intuitions (WB, IMF) and donor agencies. He has managed national level projects for country’s extractive and natural resources and has supported sector development reforms.
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Mr. Qaderi’s key area of experience is country’s national development budget, natural resources management and project implementation at provincial level and Government coordination with all donor agencies.
waheed.qaderi@acdeo.org
Hussain Sakhizadah
Finance Manager
Hussain, holding a bachelor degree in economic management, has more than 10 years of experience in financial management. He has experience of working with national civil society organizations (CSOs) and international donor agencies like USAID, GIZ, DFID, FCO and British Embassy Kabul (BEK). His qualification in financial management includes financial recording, financial reporting, and financial analysis. Hussain has participated in several professional pieces of training and currently studying ACCA at the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF).
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hussain.sakhizada@acdeo.org
Latifa Yaqubi
Human Resource Manager
Latifa Yaqubi has been graduated from Bachelor of psychology, Kabul University, Kabul, Afghanistan in 2015 she has many working experiences with NGO and non-NGO. Working with BARACK Afghanistan as monitoring officer, with USAID Data Collection, with AKS as research officer and with ACDEO Communication Assistant, Senior Communication Adviser, HR officer and HR manager. She also got many training to improve her skill in the field of working like Research Methodology, Psycho-social Counseling, Telephone Counseling for Family Support Helpline, Social Research Program, Gender Academy Course and Peace Building Program.
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She also attends in many workshops related to her field of working and education, Now she is working as HR manager with ACDEO.