Simon Maxwell

Biographical Information
"Simon Maxwell is a development economist, who has worked internationally since 1970. He worked for ten years overseas, in Kenya, India and Bolivia, then for fifteen years at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, latterly as Programme Manager for Poverty, Food Security and the Environment. In 1997, Simon became Director of the Overseas Development Institute, the UK’s leading independent think-tank on international development and humanitarian issues. In 2009, he became a Senior Research Associate of the ODI. From 2001-5, Simon was President of the Development Studies Association of the UK and Ireland. In 2007, he was made a CBE, for services to international development."

Affiliations

 * Advisory Circle, Business Fights Poverty
 * Advisory Team, Global Development Forum
 * International Advisor, OneWorld International
 * Trustee, Action for Conservation through Tourism (ACT) (1998 - 2002)
 * Member, Program Advisory Panel of the Foundation for Development Cooperation, (1997 -2009)
 * Member of Council, Development Studies Association (DSA) (1998 - 2005 ), President (2001-5)
 * Patron, The One World Broadcasting Trust (1998 - 2009 )
 * Honorary Fellow, Foreign Policy Association, New York (2003 - )
 * Forum Fellow, World Economic Forum (2003 -); Chair, Humanitarian Global Agenda Council (2008-)
 * Board Member, Institute for State Effectiveness (2008-)
 * Board Member, Fair Trade Foundation (2008-)
 * Board Member, International Food Policy Research Institute (from January 2013)
 * Member, Scientific Advisory Board for EU Development Policy
 * Member, World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Poverty and Economic Development
 * Trustee of Fundacion par las Relaciones Internacionales y el Dialogo Exterior (FRIDE) (Madrid)
 * Policy Advisory Council Member for the Institute for Public Policy Research