Chief Executive, ODI Global; previously Managing Director and Director of Humanitarian Programmes. Recognized writer and public speaker on conflict, peacebuilding and humanitarian issues. Independent Eminent Person for the 2025 UN Peacebuilding Architecture Review. Member of the UK Soft Power Council. Trustee, Muslim Aid and Center for Disaster Philanthropy. Member of the WEF High-Level Group on Humanitarian Resilience. Chair, British Fencing. Formerly, Chair of the UN Secretary-General's 7th Advisory Group of the UN Peacebuilding Fund; Commissioner, UNFPA’s ICPD25 High-Level Commission; Member, WEF Digital Currency Governance Consortium Steering Committee and Global Future Council on the New Agenda for Fragility and Resilience. Has also served on a range of executive and advisory boards, including Oxford University's Refugees Studies Centre, The New Humanitarian, SOS Sahel and the UN Association of the UK. Editor-in-Chief, Disasters journal. Served on the Independent Team of Advisers to the ECOSOC Dialogue on the reform of the UN development system. Previously led a high-profile UN response in Sudan's Nuba Mountains. Former Lecturer, University of Dar es Salaam. Acted as an observer at the IGAD Sudan peace process. PhD in Politics and International Studies. Appointed as CMG for her services to peacebuilding, humanitarian assistance and international development.
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Despite a decade of system-wide reforms, the humanitarian sector is still falling short in the world’s most enduring crises.
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