Christian Rogg

Biography

Christian Rogg is Director for Development and Open Societies at the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). Prior to this, he was Development Director at the British Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, leading the largest UK aid programme in the world (2017 to 2021). He also held senior leadership positions at the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (2015 to 2017), Nigeria (2012 to 2015), Vietnam (2009 to 2012) and Ghana (2006 to 2009).

Christian joined DFID’s Policy Division in London as an adviser in 1999 and subsequently led the Growth Team. He started his career in banking in Germany and worked as an economic development consultant to the World Bank, US Government and Inter-American Development Bank. Christian was educated at universities in the US, Spain and the UK. He holds a PhD/DPhil in economics from the University of Oxford.