Susanna Moorehead

Susanna Mary Davies Moorehead (born 22 April 1957) is a British diplomat and civil servant who served as Chair of the OECD Development Assistance Committee from 2018[1] to 2022.[2]

Moorhead in 2017 at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti

Early life and career

Moorehead holds a PhD in International Relations from London School of Economics.

She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from University of York.

Career

In 2012 Moorehead was appointed to the advisory committee to the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). Members of the advisory group represent themselves and not their country. Other group members included Ahmed Al-Meraikhi of Qatar, Jozef H.L.M. Andriessen from the Netherlands, Ugandan Julius Oketta, Susan Eckey of Norway, Yukie Osa from Japan and Croatian Nancy Butijer.[3]

Moorehead has served as the U.K. Ambassador to Ethiopia and Djibouti[4] and Permanent Representative to the African Union and UNECA.[5] She was the U.K. Executive Director to the World Bank Group, and the Department for International Development's Director for West and Southern Africa.

Other activities
  • Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation, Member of the Steering Committee[6]

References
  1. "United Kingdom's Susanna Moorehead appointed new DAC Chair - OECD". www.oecd.org.
  2. Vince Chadwick (1 December 2022), How donors broke for Denmark in race to chair aid rule-setting body Devex.
  3. "UN Secretary-General appoints new CERF Advisory Group Members - World | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  4. "UK dignitaries visit Camp Lemonnier". DVIDS. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  5. "Susanna Moorehead". www.gov.uk.
  6. Steering Committee Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation.
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