Gaynor has more than 20 years experience on land rights agrarian reform and commercialisation of land in academia,CSO and Policy making in Sub-Saharan Africa. She holds a Post- graduate degreefrom Uniiversity of Zimbabwe and a Phd from Wageningen. Gaynor has published widely on land governance. agricultural value chains and livelihood and is a reviewer for several journals. Gaynor is passionate about mental health issues