Expertise- Governance and markets that link poverty reduction and environmental management
- International policy processes for sustainable development, with significant roles in UN (several advisory groups for UNEP and UNDP), OECD (previous chair of the DAC Network on Environment and Development Cooperation - Environet) and multi-stakeholder platforms (Poverty Environment Partnership and co-founder of the Green Economy Coalition)
- Considerable national policy and field experience in sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean and Southern Asia – in sustainable development, green economy, and forestry
Before IIEDChief environment advisor at the UK Department for International Development.
Senior roles at IIED, as director of programmes 1999-2003, director of forestry and land use 1994-99, associate director 1991-94 and head of the Sustainable Markets Group until 2015. Prior to that, with Rockefeller Foundation and IUCN.
Prior to the role as senior associate at IIED:
- Held senior roles at IIED, as director of programmes 1999-2003, director of forestry and land use 1994-99, associate director 1991-94 and head of the Sustainable Markets Group until 2015
- Chief environment advisor at Department for International Development 2003-05, and
- Prior to that, with Rockefeller Foundation and IUCN.
Education:
- MSc in Forestry and its Relation to Land Management, Oxford University
- BLD Landscape Design, Manchester University
- BA Hons and MA, Agricultural and Forest Sciences, Oxford University.