Desmond Hunte

Chief Finance and Operations Officer

Desmond Hunte is an experienced executive with over twenty years of financial and operations leadership across public and private organizations around the world.  

Prior to joining HR&A, Desmond most recently served as the Chief Operating Officer of a DC-based consulting/lobbying firm and as a key strategic leader at an international NGO in Geneva and a large international financial institution. Throughout his career, he has worked with partners and business leaders to develop and implement strategies that maximized performance, maintained excellent client service, and scaled best practices across finance, operations, IT, and administrative functions.

Desmond holds a MS and BS in Accounting from Wake Forest University.