Alan Robbins
Partner, Devex and Selection Committee Chair
Alan Robbins leads Devex efforts to strengthen relationships with donor agencies, NGOs and companies around the world to find ways to enhance their own missions to fight world poverty. In this role, he works closely with leading British aid groups such as DFID, Crown Agents, Save the Children UK and numerous others.
Prior to helping start Devex, Alan was with International Business-Government Counsellors (IBC), where he was Deputy Director of the Washington International Business Council. In that position, he provided information and advisory services for major multi-national corporations designed to assist them in their international business. He was also Deputy Director of the Executive Council on Diplomacy, a non-profit organisation designed to foster understanding between the US government and civil society and the foreign diplomatic community in Washington, DC.
Alan holds a Master’s Degree in International Affairs (International Economics) from The George Washington University and a bachelor’s in Political Science and History from Rutgers University. He serves on the Executive Committee on the Board of Directors of the International Consortium of Governmental Financial Management (ICGFM).
A dual UK/US national, Alan is proud to have his family roots in what will soon be the newly-renamed Royal Wootton Bassett.
Gib Bulloch
Founder and Executive Director, Accenture Development Partnerships
Gib Bulloch is the Founder and Executive Director of Accenture Development Partnerships (ADP), a ring-fenced not-for-profit consulting group within Accenture, whose clients include many of the major international NGOs and development agencies. ADP’s main focus is bringing affordable business and technology expertise to the international development sector and promoting private sector engagement in sustainable development. Launched in 2003, ADP’s “self-sustaining” business model has been used as an example of corporate best practice in social innovation in a number of publications including WhatIf’s book “Everyday Legends” highlighting the stories of 20 leading social entrepreneurs and by John Elkington in “The Social Intrapreneur: A Field Guide for Corporate Changemakers”.
In 2007, ADP was awarded the Management Consulting Association (MCA)’s Corporate Social Responsibility Award and in 2008, Gib was named as the Sunday Times sponsored Management Consultant of the Year in the Best Partner/Director category.
In his role as Executive Director of ADP, Gib travels and works extensively in developing countries and is a regular speaker on the role of business in development, corporate social entrepreneurship and cross-sectoral partnerships.
Alison Evans
Executive Director, ODI
ODI Executive Director and economist Alison Evans has been working in international development for more than 25 years. Her experiences in the field include a teaching and research career in development economics at the University of Sussex, consultancy work with The World Bank focusing on poverty reduction and independent assignments in Africa, Asia, and the Balkans. These various designations have given Evans vast knowledge and expertise in poverty reduction strategies and policy coherence.
In 2006, Evans joined Overseas Development Institute as the Director of Programmes for Poverty and Public Policy, and in 2009, she became the UK development think tank’s Director.
Graham Hand
Chief Executive, British Expertise
Graham Hand was named Chief Executive of British Expertise in May 2004. In his years with the trade organisation, Hand became involved with the establishment of the UK Anti-Corruption Forum in 2004, and also contributed to the drafting of the Guidance to Business under the Bribery Act 2010.
In 2010, Hand also became the Coordinator of the UK Anti-Corruption Forum. Before becoming the Chief Executive of British Expertise, Hand joined the British Diplomatic Service after a 10-year stint as an Army officer in 1980. From the years of 1998 to 2004, Hand was the British Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as Algeria, where he was involved in building peace relations and post-war development.
Jane Madden
SVP for CSR and Sustainability, Edelman
Jane Madden heads Edelman Chicago’s corporate social responsibility and sustainability practice. With 23 years of experience in more than 20 countries, she is an authority on sustainable development with expertise in emerging markets, stakeholder engagement, non-governmental organizations and multilateral organizations. She leads Edelman’s work with the Chicago Climate Action Plan, the Environmental Defense Fund and the Global Reporting Initiative.
Previously, she ran her own consulting firm, Social Sustainability International, and spent 12 years at the World Bank, launching its Global Development Learning Network Center in Kabul, Afghanistan. She sits on the boards of CHF International, a humanitarian group; Citizen Effect, a micro-philanthropy group; and I-GO, Chicago’s car-sharing nonprofit. A member of the Women’s Council on Energy and the Environment, Madden has a B.A. from Fordham University and an M.A. from the American University’s School of International Service.
Frank McCosker
General Manager, Global Strategic Accounts, Microsoft Corporation
Francis McCosker is the Managing Director of Global Strategic Accounts for Microsoft with responsibility for Microsoft’s engagement with multilateral organisations, including the International Financial Institutions, Intergovernmental Organisations and the bilateral providers of Official Development Assistance (ODA).
McCosker was named Managing Director of Global Strategic Accounts in 2004 after seven years in the company. He joined Microsoft’s East European Headquarters in 1997, where he carried out public sector-related development projects for seven years. During his stay with the East European Headquarters, he held a number of positions: Partner Development Manager to General Manager of Microsoft Bulgaria where he helepd the Bulgarian government initiate public sector reform projects, and Director to General Manager of the headquarters in Germany where he oversaw overall East European Sales, Marketing and Services. McCosker also spent invaluable time on various public sector and socio-economic development projects in the least developing countries (LDCs) and emerging markets.
McCosker has not only successfully led Microsoft’s work with multilateral orgnaisations, but he is also greatly involved in the field of international development through an assortment of his own philanthropic and humanitarian efforts. He served as a Trustee of the St. John’s Handicapped Children Trust from 1990 to 1996, and he currently supports and involves himself in many of the community projects and initiatives of Microsoft.
Marie Staunton
CEO, Plan UK
Marie Staunton has been involved in the field of development for over 30 years and now holds the position of Chief Executive of Plan UK. Her involvement in the humanitarian sector began with the Simon Community, where she took part in setting up shelters for homeless families in England and Ireland.
Aside from social work, her legal expertise was much valued at a Birmingham law centre, serving the local community, in NCCL as a Legal Officer and in FT Law & Tax, where she was a Director. In addition, Staunton has held positions with Amnesty International, UNICEF UK and the EU Fundamental Rights Agency. Currently, she is also the Chair of Grow up Free from Poverty, a coalition of NGOs dedicated to eradicating poverty for children.
