In Fragile Contexts, Results Still Ship: Mathieu Lucius

Mathieu Lucius - Professional Profile

Introduction

In Fragile Contexts, Results Still Ship: Mathieu Lucius

USAID resilience and food security leader. $42M multi-sector portfolios. Audit-clean execution when the stakes are highest.

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About

Mathieu Lucius builds resilience systems that keep communities steady in hard moments.

People trust Mathieu when the work is complex, the stakes are real, and many partners need to move as one. Across Africa and the Caribbean, he has helped teams turn donor requirements, local priorities, and on-the-ground constraints into programs that actually deliver, then sustain the results after the spotlight moves on.

Mathieu brings a steady, human style of leadership that shows up in results. He led a $42M+ USAID resilience program in Niger, coordinating a 6-partner consortium and a team of 100+ staff while keeping delivery grounded in what communities and local systems could sustain.

Outcomes are where his work stands out. In Niger, the agriculture and livelihoods strategy he revamped helped drive 60 to 120% productivity gains, earning recognition from USAID/BHA and the Government of Niger.

He is also the person teams lean on for the unglamorous work that protects mission and credibility. Across large portfolios, Mathieu has delivered strong compliance and commodity management, including zero audit findings and systems that tracked 100K+ beneficiaries to support faster, clearer decisions.

Mathieu is a strong connection for anyone building programs, partnerships, or supply chains in complex environments. If there is a team that needs calm leadership, rigorous delivery, and trust across cultures, an introduction is likely to go somewhere meaningful.

Target roles: Portfolio and program leadership (multi-sector, multi-partner), Operations, compliance, and risk leadership (USG-funded and regulated environments), Strategy and partnerships for resilience, markets, and service delivery

Get in Touch

Hi, I'm Mathieu. I help lead large-scale resilience, food security, and climate-smart agriculture programs, with a focus on turning complex field operations into measurable results. Would love to connect if you're working in resilience, food security, social protection, or climate-smart agriculture.

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Mathieu brings deep operational leadership across USAID-funded resilience and food security portfolios, with a proven record of managing complex consortia, strengthening local partners, and delivering strong results in fragile contexts. He is especially valuable for teams that need someone who can connect strategy, field delivery, and disciplined execution across agriculture, nutrition, WASH, and social protection.

Experience

Chief of Party/Program Manager, USAID/Hamzari at CARE (Oct 2021 - Sep 2025)

Chief of Party/Program Manager, USAID/Kore Lavi at CARE (Jul 2018 - Oct 2019)

Deputy COP/Programming / USAID/DFSA at CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES (Feb 2017 - Jul 2018)

Acting COP / Deputy COP & Grants Manager, USAID/FFP MYAP at ACDI/VOCA (2008 - 2012)

Start-Up Specialist, USAID/FFP Title II Program at ACDI/VOCA (Nov - Dec 2007)

Associate Peace Corps Director at US PEACE CORPS/US EMBASSY/DEPARTMENT OF STATE (Jun 2001 - Nov 2005)

Program Manager at FIDA/CIDA (Jan 1997 - Feb 2001)

Program Manager at EUROPEAN UNION / PRODEVA (Sep 1995 - Jan 1997)