Theodora Yeung
Senior Manager
Thematic areas of interest: global health, refugee integration, education, assessing emerging aid donors, and organisational effectiveness.
Theodora is a Senior Manager at Agulhas, assisting in research and analysis across Agulhas’ wide variety of projects, notably with multilateral organisations. Her recent assignments include working with the FCDO on the evaluation of non-ODA growth programmes, and with the Multilateral Organisation for Performance Assessment (MOPAN) in assessing the World Health Organization (2024) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) (2026). Additionally, she served as the project manager for the Mid-Term Review of Unitaid’s 2023-2027 Strategy. Theodora also supported a realist review on Just Transition Towards Low Emission, Climate Resilient and More Inclusive Societies in Developing countries commissioned by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO), and which has been published in academic journals including the European Journal of Development Research.
Another key client is the United Nations. She has also supported Agulhas in building a portfolio in the MENA region, notably the EU Jordan and Lebanon Compact Monitoring and Assessment, the UN Jordan Common Country Analysis as well as the UN Jordan Sustainable Development Framework Evaluation (including case studies on three selected UN agencies: WFP, UNICEF and UNIDO). A recent assignment included reviewing the literature in terms of the labour market and the refugee nexus in Jordan. Her other work with GIZ on financial inclusion of refugees in Jordan can also be found here.
Apart from multilateral organisations, Theodora is also a core part of the review team supporting the Independent Commission for Aid Impact, the UK aid watchdog, on evaluations regarding UK’s support to refugee hosting countries, UK aid’s results in Education, UK aid to refugees in the UK, UK’s approaches to Peacebuilding, Youth Employment in the MENA region as well as UK’s aid engagement with China. Theodora assists in technical delivery as well as project management within the assignments.
In Agulhas, Theodora is also a member of the Agulhas Conflict, Crises and Fragility Hub and the Wellbeing working group.
Before joining Agulhas, Theodora worked in an international NGO Orbis based in Hong Kong in charge of advocacy, fundraising, volunteer and donors management, while also spending some time in China, Nepal and Vietnam.
Theodora holds an MSc in International Development from the University of Birmingham (Distinction). Her dissertation topic was “One Step Forward, Two Steps back. The Impact of Disasters on Girls’ Education in a Patriarchal Society” with the Nepal 2015 earthquake as a case study. For her fieldwork, she partnered with Save the Children, UNICEF and two other local NGOs, and spent two months in various parts of Nepal (Solukhumbu, Dolakha and Kavrepalanchok) for data collection.
Key work skills
Theodora has experience in conducting qualitative research, including carrying out desk analysis, writing literature reviews, and conducting focus group discussions. She has supported the team in conducting strategic reviews, political economy analysis as well as synthesis/systematic reviews. She is familiar with the UN system and agencies through her work with the Resident Coordinator Office in Jordan.
Other interests
While currently living in London, Theodora seizes every opportunity to get out of London, either hiking within the UK or backpacking! Originally from Asia, she loves to explore the dynamics among different cultures from a migrant’s perspective. Her top three travel experiences are: India, Iran and Israel.
Theodora is also on her journey to become a counsellor. She is now at CPBAB Level 3. If she does indeed have any time left, Theodora will either be practising Chinese calligraphy or painting!
