The Future of Global Health: Invest in Infrastructure
The COVID-19 Pandemic has shifted the ground from beneath us. Hard-earned progress in the global development sector has been set back years, and the worst inequalities that exist both within countries and at the international level have been starkly highlighted. It became clear that access to essential healthcare was not only crucial to individual survival […]
COP27: Was it a win, lose or draw for humanity?
I propose a draw. And here is why. There are few countries on earth that do not recognise we are experiencing a climate crisis. Yet the differing priorities and capabilities with which different stakeholders are approaching the crisis create a complex web of competing interests. In a crisis that requires good-faith cooperation amongst leaders coming […]
Grand Challenges 2022
Recently, I was fortunate enough to attend the Grand Challenges Annual Meeting, where I was able to deepen my understanding of the obstacles facing the global health sector today and the ways we are coming together to combat and overcome them. Here, I was able to hear first-hand how the best minds in the global […]
The future of development finance, attending Devex Invested
I recently had the pleasure of attending Devex’s Development Finance Conference in London. Let me start by thanking Devex, the speakers and panellists and other attendees for an insightful day. As a Strategy Consultant working in global development, I was interested to hear the latest thinking on trends impacting Development Finance organisations. This is an interesting […]
Attending the GIIN Investor Forum 2022
Having had a career in investment banking in the 90’s and 00’s, I decided in 2012 to leave the banking world behind and pursue a career in international development. Making the decision to go back to college and study an MA in International Development at University College Dublin was not an easy one, but with […]