05/Leadership
Who is behind the work.
A small firm. The person you brief is the person who does the analysis.
Dr. Lodis Akol Michael
Founder & Managing Director
PhD in Theoretical Economics (National Development), National School of Development, Peking University. MPA, Tsinghua University. BBM in Purchasing and Supplies Management, Mount Kenya University. Recipient of the Li Anshan Prize for Excellence in African Studies, 2025.
Eighteen years of professional experience in Kenya spanning national government service, port administrative and security operations at the Kenya Ports and Railways Police, operational consultancy on the LAPSSET corridor, and independent procurement consultancy in Lamu County.
The sequence matters. Most development economists study institutions and then advise them; this one served in them first and formalised the analysis afterwards. It is not a substitute for method — it is what makes the method land on a county procurement file that does not look like the textbook.
Research interests span development economics, public finance, and the measurement of women’s economic participation. Doctoral research examined gendered labour market outcomes and the mechanisms through which they transmit.
- DoctoratePhD, Theoretical Economics (National Development)
ISSCAD / National School of Development, Peking University - MastersMPA, Tsinghua University
- UndergraduateBBM, Purchasing and Supplies Management, Mount Kenya University
- RecognitionLi Anshan Prize for Excellence in African Studies, 2025
- ORCID0009-0003-0370-2251
- Contactlodimik@yahoo.com
Full curriculum vitae available on request.
—/Professional record
- 2018–2023 Independent Procurement Consultant Lamu County. Public procurement advisory and compliance work for county-level clients. Consulting
- 2014–2018 Operational Consultant, LAPSSET Corridor Development Authority Operational support on Kenya’s flagship transport and infrastructure corridor. Infrastructure
- 2010–2014 Port administrative and security operations Kenya Ports and Railways Police. Administration and security operations in a working port environment. Logistics
- 2007–2021 Gender Affairs Officer, Kenya National Police Service Gender policy and casework within a national institution. Public service
Analysts are credited by name.
Junior researchers and Lamu Data Lab trainees appear as named contributors on the work they produce. As the firm grows, the people listed on this page grow with it — credit is how a career starts.