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Staff directory

Find out more about people working for ODI

ODI staff from the Poverty and Public Policy Group

The ODI staff directory provides contact details and team information for all staff, and information on the research interests of research staff.

To search the directory, use the search box on the left-hand side, or choose a programme from the list of the right. A list of senior management team members is shown below.

 

Senior Management Team

Alexis Chapman

Alexis Chapman Director of Finance and Operations

Alison Evans

Alison Evans Director

Andrew Norton

Andrew Norton Director of Research

  • Andrew Norton is ODI’s Director of Research. A social anthropologist by training, Andrew carried out his doctoral fieldwork in a farming community in Mali, and has since worked extensively on issues of poverty, vulnerability, social protection, citizen participation, political economy analysis, aid effectiveness, natural resource management and social policy.

Gillian Hart

Gillian Hart Director of Communications

  • Gillian brings more than 25 years blue-chip strategic brand building and integrated marketing communications experience in Publishing to ODI. Prior to this, Gillian worked as a Branding Consultant for Macmillan Group Publishers on a range of projects aimed at enriching the digital user experience and she held various senior Marketing positions at the Financial Times building the FT brand in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific.