Neal Donahue is a Director at the OTF Group; he is responsible for projects in Asia and the Near East. Neal has more than ten years’ experience working in developing nations. Neal is an expert on the practical applications of economic development in post-conflict environments. He has guided business and government leaders in analyzing national clusters and institutions. Neal specializes in the appropriate use of technology to accelerate economic growth in developing economies such as El Salvador, Venezuela, and Colombia.

Neal’s recent focus has been on the implementation of cluster-level strategy development and competitiveness programs in Afghanistan, Uganda, and Vietnam. In addition, Neal leads the OTF Group’s trade pattern research efforts. Neal has studied the international trade patterns of countries around the world.

Neal Donahue is also the Program Manager for the two-year Afghanistan Competitiveness Program, designed by the Ministry of Finance and the OTF Group, and supported by USAID.

Previously, Mr. Donahue managed the Rwandan Information and Communication Technology (ICT) project.

Prior to joining the OTF Group, Mr. Donahue spent six years with the Monitor Group, where he redesigned the internal business processes of a heavy machinery manufacturer; facilitated the post-merger integration of two pharmaceutical companies; and helped a start-up expand the market (for their data visualization technology) beyond the industry they had traditionally served

Mr. Donahue received his B.A. in English from the University of New Hampshire. He is a frequent lecturer at conferences in the U.S. and abroad.