Filbert has overall responsibility for providing technical backstopping to the Njombe Outgrowers Services Company (NOSC) senior management team. He is an agricultural economist with more than 25 years’ experience in the management of the full agricultural tea value chain, general project management, agricultural research, training, and extension services. Filbert previously work as the Operations Director for a TWFA greenfield developments in Rwanda and prior to that served as the General Manager for Njombe Outgrowers Services Company (NOSC). His overall leadership experience spans across various organisations that include Tanzania Smallholders Tea Development Agency (TSHTDA), International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ministry of Agriculture Food Security and Cooperatives Department of Socio Economic and Farming Systems and Mufindi Tea Company (MTC) Tanzania. Filbert holds a Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural General and a Masters degree in Agricultural Economics from Sokoine University of Agriculture, as well as a Masters degree in project management from University of Salford Business School, UK.