Director General for Policy and International, Department for International Development, UK.

Mark Lowcock is one of the four executives on the DFID Management Board. He is responsible for DFID’s work with multilateral institutions (international financial institutions, development banks, the UN, EU and Commonwealth), bilateral relations with other DFID countries, and DFID policy (sector, thematic and wider policy on aid effectiveness, non-aid issues including trade, the environment, conflict, debt and migration), and humanitarian response.

Education:
• Oxford University (BA Economics and History 1985);
• Birkbeck College, London (MSc Economics 1988).

Career:
• Director General, Policy and International, DFID 2006;
• Director General, Corporate Performance and Knowledge Sharing, DFID 2003-2006;
• Director, Finance and Corporate Policy Performance, DFID 2001- 2003;
• Head of the DFID Regional Office for East Africa (based in Nairobi) 1999-2001;
• Head of European Union Department, DFID 1997-99;
• Deputy Head and latterly Head of the DFID Regional Office for Central Africa 1994-97;
• Private Secretary to Baroness Chalker (ODA Minister) 1992-94;
• Head of Environment Section 1989-92, Overseas Development Administration (now DFID).