Bella Bird

Bella is an expert in international development, having worked for 30 plus years in positions in the UK government and the World Bank, in Africa, Asia, London and Washington DC in the USA, as well as with a number of non-governmental organisations early in her career. Bella has held senior management positions for close to 20 years, as a Director with the World Bank and before that as a UK Senior Civil Servant with the former Department for International Development (DFID).

Bella has extensive experience both at field and policy level in developing, financing and implementing programmes that bring positive impact to people across the developing world. She has had oversight of programmes of a value of up to $6 billion and covering economic and social policy, enterprise development, human development and youth employment, among other areas. She has worked in a variety of country contexts, including middle income emerging economies and countries emerging from conflict. Bella has deep experience in developing collaborative partnerships with international organisations, senior government leaders and partners in business.

In addition to her role as an INED for the Standard Chartered Foundation, Bella also holds the position of Trustee for the charity Everyone’s Invited.