Bio
Deo works at the intersection of evidence, impact, and learning, designing measurement systems to support organizations to learn, adapt, and demonstrate results. He brings a multi-disciplinary approach and specializes in building adaptive, complexity-aware frameworks grounded in African contexts. His work spans international development, the digital economy, climate resilience, health, and livelihoods programs.
At Caribou, Deo leads and delivers engagements across the digital economy, livelihoods, financial inclusion, and climate programs. He blends strategic oversight with hands-on delivery, shaping measurement approaches, facilitating sensemaking, synthesizing evidence, and developing frameworks that sharpen clients’ strategic decisions.
Before joining Caribou, Deo led programming excellence for a major philanthropic foundation through Deloitte and earlier led multi-country measurement for a continental public health initiative across several African countries. He has also held measurement leadership roles at the African Management Institute, the Kenya Community Development Foundation, the Aga Khan Foundation, and the Kenya Red Cross. Deo is completing a master’s degree in impact evaluation for global development at the University of East Anglia and holds a master’s degree in monitoring and evaluation of populations and development from the University of Nairobi. He is based between Kenya and the United Kingdom.
What I love about this work is the moment evidence moves from a report into a decision. At Caribou, I get to help organizations shift focus from inputs to outcomes, building measurement that is rigoros yet practical, grounded in context, and genuinely useful for the choices that shape lives and livelihoods.