Siddharth Krishnaswamy is the Head of Research, Analysis and Monitoring for WFP’s East Africa Region; the regional office being based in Nairobi. In this role he supports a wide range of analysis (food security, vulnerability, food prices and markets; livelihood, resilience etc), assessments, programme monitoring and research across the various WFP country offices as well as regional analysis and partnerships. Prior to this he held a similar role for WFP’S Regional Bureau in Cairo (RBC) covering Northern Africa and the Middle East. He first started working for WFP in 2005. Between 2010 and 2014, he was part of the core group that designed the IPC (Integrated Phase Classification) system to classify food insecurity and later on served as FAO’s Regional Advisor for Asia on the IPC. He holds a Master's degree in Rural Development from Cornell; as well as an MBA and a Bachelor’s in Agricultural Science, both from India. Siddharth can be reached at Siddharth.krishnaswamy@wfp.org.