The Office of the Executive Director (OED) provides the central functions of Executive Management, Finance, Information and Knowledge Management, Monitoring & Evaluation, Human Resources and Administration. Its roles and responsibilities include:

• Establishing overall vision, strategy and direction for the organization

• Developing and consolidating partnerships/relationships with country governments, development organizations, donor agencies, regional and international NGOs

• Developing, implementing and strengthening organizational and operational policies, structures, guidelines, processes and practices

• Implementing and maintaining a governance framework and structure

• Developing work program strategies/plans and mobilizing resources

• Coordinating work programs and activities of the various ADPC Operations Teams

• Managing the finances and budgets of the organization and its projects/programs; and providing accounting and internal control services

• Managing human resource and office administration

• Developing and maintaining a dynamic and up-to-date information and knowledge management system

• Implementing an effective monitoring & evaluation system to ensure the quality of the organization's services, activities and outputs; to derive lessons learnt from its experiences; and to build a knowledge base of best practices