Sections:
DFID Management Board Membership
- Permanent Secretary - March 2008
- Director General, Country Programmes - November 2004 - 08
- World Bank: Vice-President, Private Sector Development and Infrastructure, 1999-
- World Bank: Director, Private Sector and Finance, Middle East and North Africa Region, 1996-99
- Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania: Visiting Associate Professor, 1996; and Georgetown University: Adjunct Professor, 1989-94
- World Bank: Senior Economist, Central and Eastern Europe, 1992-94
- World Bank: Economist, World Development Report on Environment and Development, 1992
- Oxford University: DPhil 1989; Researcher and Tutor 1987-91
- Director General, Corporate Performance 2006 -
- Acting Permanent Secretary DFID - Dec 2007 to March 2008
- Treasury: Director of Operations, 2005
- Treasury: Director, EMU Policy, Euro Preparations & Debt Management, 2002-05
- Foreign Office: Counsellor Economic, British Embassy, Washington, 1999-2002
- Prime Minister’s Policy Unit: Special Adviser on work/family life policy, 1998-99
- Treasury: Head of EU Coordination & Strategy, 1995-98
- Treasury: Various Posts, 1989-98
- University College Cardiff, Lecturer in Economics, 1982-88
- Director General, Country Programmes 2008 -
- Director General Policy and International 2006-08
- Director General, Corporate Performance and Knowledge Sharing, 2003-06
- Director for Finance and Corporate Performance, 2001
- Head, DFID East Africa,.1999
- Head, DFID European Union Department, 1997
- Deputy, later Head, Overseas Development Administration regional office for Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe, 1994-97
- Private Secretary to Minister for Overseas Development, 1992-94
- Joined Overseas Development Administration, 1985
- Director General International April 2008
- Director for UN, Conflict and Humanitarian Division 07-08
- Director, Europe, Middle East and Americas 2005-07
- Director, Asia and the Pacific 2000-05
- Director, HR 1997-2000
- Adviser to the Governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten, 1992-97
- Head of the South East Asia Development Division 1988-92
- PPS to Tim Raison and Chris Patten 1985-88
- Head of Personnel 1983-1985
- World Bank Washington, UK Executive Director’s Office 1981-83
- Director General Policy and Research
- DFID Acting Director General, Policy and Research, April 2008
- DFID: Director, Policy and Research Division. 2007 - April 2008
- World Bank: Country Director for Indonesia, Jakarta. 2002-2007
- World Bank: Country Director for Vietnam, Hanoi. 1997 - 2002
- World Bank: Director, Environment Department, Washington D.C. 1993-1997
- World Bank: Staff Director of World Development Report. 1991-1992
- World Bank: Senior Adviser, Development Economics Vice Presidency. 1989-1991
- World Bank: Chief, Country Risk Division, Finance Complex. 1987-1989
- World Bank: Principal Economist, Bangladesh 1985-87
- World Bank: Senior Economist, Thailand 1983-84
- World Bank: Economist/Senior Economist, Indonesia 1980-83
- Lecturer, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Westchester College, 1975-77
- Non Executive Director
- University of Surrey Council Member and Chairman of Audit Committee, Since 2006
- Calculus Capital Ltd Director, 1999 – 2005
- Daiwa Securities SMBC Europe Ltd Finance Director, Head of Operations, 2001 -
- Omiris Networks Ltd Chief Financial Officer, 1999 - 2001
- Abbey National Treasury Services Financial Controller, 1998 - 1999
- Peregrine Securities Company Director, Chief Operating Officer, 1997 - 1998
- HSBC Plc Chief Accountant, HSBC Investment Bank Plc, 1987 - 1997
- Robson Rhodes Accountant, 1984 - 1987
- Chart Foulks Lynch Ltd Lecturer and Author in Accounting and Finance, 1980 - 1984
- Arthur Andersen & Co Trainee Accountant, 1977 - 1980
- Non Executive Director
- Towers Perrin Senior Advisor (Full-time), 2003 - 2007
- Cabinet Office Senior Advisor on Change and Performance, 2001 - 2003
- ICI Plc, 1990 - 2001
- Uniqema Chief Executive Officer, 1999 - 2001
- ICI Surfactants Chief Executive Officer, 1998
- ICI Performance Products Planning Director, 1997
- Melinex Managing Director Europe, 1992 - 1996
- ICI Industrial Paints General Manager, 1990 - 1992
- Gliden & Co Vice President, Planning and Acquisitions, 1989 - 1990
- Dulux, 1974 - 1988
- Head of European Marketing, 1986 - 1988
- UK Marketing Manager, 1981 - 1985
- Graduate Trainee Sales & Marketing Director, 1974 - 1981
Last updated: 8 April 2008