Lelisa Fekadu Assebe is a health economist and public health professional with over 15 years of experience in health systems, program implementation, health economics, and financing. He is a Principal Technical Advisor at MSH, where he is involved in business development and the implementation of projects related to health economics and financing. He has previously worked across government, non-governmental, and academic institutions.

Assebe has over 15 years of experience in public health and led advanced health economics projects to assess public health interventions, inform equitable priority setting, and support the design of essential health benefit packages and sustainable financing strategies in low- and middle-income countries. He played a major role in national HIV, TB, and malaria program implementation in Ethiopia, where he coordinated the programs and engaged in the development of strategic plans, policy, resource mobilization through grant applications, and multisectoral partnerships.

He holds a PhD in Global Public Health and Health Economics from the University of Bergen, Norway and has an MSc in Biostatistics and Health Informatics from University of Mekelle, Ethiopia.