'Africa 2005: Where are we at the end of 2007?'

Thursday 01 November 2007

Thursday 01 November 2007

7.45pm

9.00pm

Room 82A0-University of Ulster-York St Belfast

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Event

Professor Myles Wickstead is a visiting Professor at the Management of Knowledge and Innovation Research Unit located in the Open University’s Business School.

He was, from early 2004 to late 2005, Head of the UK’s Secretariat to the Commission for Africa. Between 1993 and 1997 he was based in Nairobi as Head of the British Development Division in Eastern Africa, responsible for British Government development programmes in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

He coordinated the 1997 Government White Paper 'Eliminating World Poverty: A Challenge for the 21st Century'; served on the Board of the World Bank (and as Development Counsellor at the British Embassy) in Washington from 1997 to 2000; and from 2000 to 2004 was based in Addis Ababa as British Ambassador to Ethiopia and Djibouti.

Having left Government service in late 2005, Professor Wickstead's portfolio now includes:

• Senior Associate, Global Economic Governance Programme, University College, Oxford;
• Senior Advisor, UK/Africa Tertiary Links programme and Business Action for Africa (BAA);
• Chair of the UK Board of Trustees for CONCERN Worldwide;
• member of the External Advisory Board for the University of Ulster’s International Development Programme; and
• membership of various Boards.