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Pierre Jacquet, President
Pierre Jacquet is the fourth President of the Global Development Network. Formerly Chief Economist of the French Development Agency (AFD) between 2002 and 2012, he also served as the Executive Director in charge of strategy from 2002 to 2010. Preceding AFD, he was Deputy Director of the French Institute on International Relations (IFRI), where he was responsible for the economic program and was Chief Editor of IFRI's quarterly review Politique Etrangère. Full bio. Email: p.jacquet@gdn.int
Ramona Angelescu Naqvi, Director of Strategic Partnerships
Ramona Angelescu Naqvi is currently Director of Strategic Partnerships at GDN, with the responsibility to coordinate the organization's diverse partnerships across the globe, including donor relations. She also leads the Communications Unit and oversees GDN's Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning activities, especially documenting and tracking GDN’s Impact over the years. She has written on governance, migration and capacity building. Full bio. Email: rangelescu@gdn.int
Anindya Chaudhuri, Senior Economist
Anindya Chaudhuri is Senior Economist at GDN, where he focuses externally on new, strategic initiatives and internally on operational innovation and organizational learning. He currently oversees the EIB-GDN Program in Applied Development Finance. His interests include data driven decision making and public policy. Full bio. Email: achaudhuri@gdn.int.
Francesco Obino, Head of Programs
Francesco Obino is Head of Programs at GDN. He has eight years of experience in research, publishing and research capacity building in academia, international organizations, international and grassroots NGOs and academic publishing. At GDN, he manages programs on institutional research capacity building and research training strengthening in Asia, Latin America and Africa. Full bio. Email: fobino@gdn.int
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