Summary Curriculum Vitae
Name:
Lemlem Sissay (Ph.D)
Date and place of Birth:
Ethiopia, December 14, 1960
Address:
Peruckerstrass 1/3/11
1220, Vienna
Austria
Tel:
+4369919665685 (cell)
+4319673746
E-mail:
sisslemlem@yahoo.com
Nationality:
Ethiopian
Marital Status:
Married
Gender:
Female
Language:
Amharic, English, Hungarian & German (basic)
Education Background
Ph.D. In 1988, Budapest University of Horticulture and Food Science,
Soil Science Department and Plant Production Department,
International Consultant (currently)
• On Agricultural Value Chain
• Private Public Partnership in Agriculture/Agro-industry
Private Sector Management Experience:
Partner/ Development and Investment Consultant
March 2011- todate
Cross-Border International
CROSS BORDER Ltd. Str. Krivolak 55, app3, et.3
1421 SOFIA, Bulgaria
• Promote Investment and Development projects in Eastern and South-Eastern Africa.
General Manager/Partner
June 2005 – 2008 November
Ethiopassion Agro Pvt. Ltd. Co,
P.O.Box. 6000, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Company dealing with Horticulture production and export/especially on highland rose
production and export, (capital investment of 3 million Euro)
Manager
July 2001-June 2005
Ethiodream Pvt. Ltd. Co.
Addis Ababa,
Flower producing company with a volume of 14, million roses per year and capital
investment of about 4 million USD.
Public service
Head, Horticulture Department
December 1999-June 2001
Exploration and Collection Division Head
July 1997- December 1999
Institute of Biodiversity Conservation and Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
General Manager
March 1995- June1997
Horticulture Development Corporation.
Addis Ababa
Consultant/ Agricultural Advisor,
March 1992-1994 (part time)
Italian Cooperation
(Support of Children in Difficult Circumstances Project)
Addis Ababa
Research Coordinator
June 1988-1994
Horticulture Development Corporation
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Others
• Founding member of Horticulture Professionals Association,
• Executive Committee member of Ethiopian Horticulture Producers and Exporters
Association 2002-2004
• Member of the Board of directors of Ethio-Horti Share Company,
• Member of Ethiopian Women Exporters Association (till 2009)
• Board member of The Ethiopian Wild Life and natural History Society
• Technical Advisory Council (TAC) member of the National Research System
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Consultant /
◦ Worked with Department For International Development (DFID) UK as a local
consultant in Horticulture Development Strategy project aimed to identify the potentials
and challenges of Ethiopia to diversify the high value horticultural crop production and
export;
Facilitator/
◦ Training organized by the World Bank & IFPRI on Horticulture Supply Chain in SubSaharan African.
Reviewer/
◦ Reviewing the Curriculum of the Master’s program of Horticulture Department, Jimma
University, Jimma, Ethiopia
International Consultant/UNIDO
◦ On Agriculture Value Chain
◦ PPP in Agriculture/ Agro-industry