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DFID Management Board Membership

Membership | Terms of Reference | Minutes of Meetings | Papers for Meetings

Suma Chakrabarti | Mark Lowcock | Masood Ahmed | Nemat Shafik | Helen Ghosh | Bill Griffiths

Suma Chakrabarti

• Permanent Secretary 2002-
• Director General, Regional Programmes 2001-2002
• Cabinet Office: Head of the Economic & Domestic Secretariat, Jan 2000-Oct 2001
• Cabinet Office: Director, Performance & Innovation Unit, 1998-2000
• Treasury: Deputy Director of Budget & Public Finance, 1998
• Treasury: Various, 1996-98
• ODA: Head, Aid Policy Department, 1992-1996
• Private Secretary to Minister for Overseas Development, 1990-92
• UKDel IMF/World Bank, Washington, 1988-90
• Senior Economic Assistant, Overseas Development Administration (ODA), 1984-88
• Economist, Government of Botswana, 1981-83

Mark Lowcock

• Director General, Corporate Performance and Knowledge Sharing, 2003-
• 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

Masood Ahmed

• Director General, Policy and International, 2003-
• IMF, Deputy Director, Policy Development and Review Dept, 2000-03
• World Bank, Acting Vice President, Private Sector Development and Infrastructure, 1998-99
• World Bank, Head, Poverty Reduction & Economic Management Network, 1997-2000
• World Bank, Director, International Economics Dept, 1993-97
• World Bank, Division Chief, International Finance Division, 1991-93
• World Bank, Division Chief, North Africa Country Dept, 1987-91
• World Bank, Senior Economist, 1979-87

Nemat Shafik

• Director General Regional Programmes - November 2004-
• 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

Helen Ghosh

• Director General, Corporate Services: Inland revenue/Customs and Excise 2003-
• Director, Machinery of Government Secretariat: Cabinet Office 2001 - 2003
• Director, The Children's Group: Department of Work and Pensions 1999 - 2001
• Head of the New deal for Communities Programme: Department of the Environment Transport and the Regions 1999
• Director, London East and European Programmes: Government Office for London 1997 - 1999
• Deputy Director, Efficiency Unit: Cabinet Office 1995 - 1997
• Head of Housing Policy and Home Ownership Team: Department of Environment 1992 - 1995
• Department of Environment 1979 - 1995

Bill Griffiths

• Non-Executive Director and Chair of Audit Committee, 2002-
• WRG Associates: Director and pursuing portfolio career, 2002-
• ICI Group: business reorganisation projects, 2001-2002
• INEOS Silicas: Senior VP Commercial, 1994-2001
• Unilever: Commercial Officer, Latin America, 1991-93
• Lever Bros: Company Financial Controller, 1988-90
• Blohorn: Chief Accountant based in Ivory Coast, 1985-87
• Unilever: Overseas Management Accountant, 1982-84
• Unilever: Internal Audit posts in UK, Ghana and Nigeria, 1975-81

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