Marcel Ricou is a senior technical advisor for education and skills in IREX’s Global Impact Hub. He currently leads IREX’s work to scale our impact in technical and vocational education and training and linkages to labor mobility. He also provides technical support to education and training programs across IREX’s portfolio. 

Previously, Marcel served as acting director and deputy director of Education Practice, where he led IREX’s strategy and learning agenda for expanding access to quality and relevant education and training globally. Prior to joining IREX, Marcel worked at the U.S. Millenium Challenge Corporation where he led teams in Morocco and Cote d’Ivoire to design education and workforce development investments. He also led an inter-departmental initiative to scale Results-Based Financing approaches and co-authored an analysis of MCC's first nine investments in TVET programming.  

Marcel serves on the board of the Basic Education Coalition. He holds a master's degree in international relations and economics from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and a bachelor's degree in international relations from Franklin University Switzerland. Prior to joining MCC, Marcel served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon. He is fluent in French.