Anneka Wickramanayake is Director of Research, Evaluation and Design at Jacaranda Health, overseeing research projects, data and analytics, and product management. She specializes in research and evaluation methods. Anneka brings experience in development research and monitoring and evaluation, having worked in both the private and public sectors. Prior to joining Jacaranda Health, she worked in Ethiopia as Research Director for Laterite, managing full-cycle research consultancies. Before that, she was Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist for the American Refugee Committee in Rwanda, leading the M&E strategy and assessing the standard of health care provided. She also has experience in clinical research and programming addressing malnutrition-related diabetes in Uganda and India. Anneka's academic background is in public health, having received an MPH in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the University of California, Berkeley.