Bernardo is an expert on conflict resolution, peacebuilding, governance and support to civil society in fragile and conflict-affected countries. Bernardo has over 20 years of experience in the international development sector, where he has specialised on monitoring, evaluation and learning. Bernardo has designed, coordinated and led complex assignments across five continents. He is also an experienced analyst, who monitors and regularly comments on peace and conflict developments in Africa, the Middle East and North Africa and globally.

Bernardo has worked for several international NGOs—including International Alert in the UK, Search for Common Ground in Belgium and Morocco, and the European Centre for Minority Issues in Georgia—and for UN peacekeeping missions in Haiti and Liberia.

He holds a BA from Tufts University and an MA from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington DC. Bernardo is a co-founder of the Agency for Peacebuilding and serves as its Head of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning.