Maxime Gasteen

About Maxime Gasteen

I am a purpose-driven team player who wants to make an impact in the world with 15+ years of experience in partnerships, policy and advocacy across government, philanthropy and the private sector. I have a proven ability to plan and execute partnership and advocacy strategies, and a track record in starting up new initiatives with innovative thinking, careful analysis and strong outreach and engagement. I\'ve worked in non-profits, philanthropies, government and biotech and have significant experience engaging senior decision makers in the private and public sectors. I\'ve always worked in cross-functional teams with a heavy technical element, so I thrive off understanding science and innovation and communicating that to partners, influencers and investors to advance the work. I have significant program design and project management skills managing programs up to $50m in size, and have managed significant budget envelopes ($10m p.a.), and supervised direct reports and contractors. I have designed, commissioned and implemented a number of evaluation and research programs and studies in diverse settings. I\'ve spend the majority of my time focusing on issues in the health sector and love working across different cultures and contexts.Specialties:Partnership strategiesInfluencing and advocacy strategiesPublic affairsBusiness developmentMonitoring and evaluationProject managementResearch design and commissioningGlobal HealthFluent French, intermediate Spanish.

Experience

1. Sr Program Strategy Manager

   Pivotal

   Aug 2025 — Present

   Supporting Pivotal’s policy agenda to advance social progress and strengthen women’s political and economic power.

Education

• The University of Edinburgh

  Master of Arts, Social Anthropology with Development

  2001 — 2005

• University of Washington

  Masters of Public Adminstration and Masters of Arts International Studies

  2005 — 2008

Skills

• Public Policy
• Impact Evaluation
• Program Evaluation
• Foreign Policy
• Spanish
• Social Capital
• Gender
• Policy Analysis
• Rural Development
• German
• New Institutional Economics
• Social Research
• Evidence-Based Design
• Empowerment
• Research Design
• Project Management
• Research
• Grant Monitoring
• Capacity Building
• International Political Economy
• Qualitative Research
• Non-Profits
• Logical Framework Analysis
• Microfinance
• Nonprofits
• Strategic Planning
• International Development
• Social Anthropology
• Ethnography
• Land Reform