Sven Harten is Evaluation-Expert and Political Scientist, with PhD at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Currently, he is Deputy Director of DEval and Head of the Competence Center for Methods. DEval, with 120 staff, is one of the largest evaluation institutions worldwide.
With over 20 years of experience in designing and implementing evaluations in development cooperation, Sven has worked on topics such as climate change, energy, mico-/SME finance, digital financial services, blended finance. Sven has also more than 10 years experience in evaluation capacity development (ECD), especially as Director of EvalConnect – the largest bilateral ECD-Project globally.
Sven Harten has lived and worked for 15 years in countries of the Global South, where he was mainly active as an evaluator and project manager, with M&E missions in more than 50 countries; Full-time employment as an employee at the World Bank, the European Commission, among others, as well as an independent consultant.
