Zenda Ofir, PhD, is an independent international evaluator from South Africa. She has conducted local to global-level assignments in 40 countries across Africa and Asia, and has provided advice on development evaluation policy and strategy to the UN and other international organizations across the world. She is a former President of the African Evaluation Association (AfrEA), former vice president of the International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation (IOCE) and former American Evaluation Association (AEA) Board member. Since 2014, she has held an honorary professorship attached to Stellenbosch University in South Africa.