Mark Lowcock

Biography

Mark Lowcock was the Permanent Secretary for the Department for International Development between 9 June 2011 and 7 July 2017.

Mark began his career in DFID (formerly the Overseas Development Administration) in 1985 and occupied the following roles:

• Private Secretary to Baroness Chalker, Minister for Overseas Development from 1992 to 1994

• Deputy Head and latterly Head of the DFID Regional Office for Central Africa (based in Harare) from 1994 to 1997

• Head of European Union Department from 1997 to 1999, before returning to Africa as Head of the DFID Regional Office for East Africa (based in Nairobi)

• Director, Finance and Corporate Performance, from 2001 to 2003 and Director General, Corporate Performance and Knowledge Sharing from 2003 to 2006

• Director General, Policy and International from 2006 to 2008 and Director General, Country Programmes from 2008 to 2011

Mark is active on Twitter: @DFID_Mark

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• Kenya’s Economic Take-Off and How the UK Can Support It
  • 15 September 2015
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• Economic development: The good news from Ethiopia, and what might make it even better
  • 10 January 2014
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• Modernising Development Finance: the future of Official Development Assistance (ODA)
  • 31 July 2013
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• Mark Lowcock: How Britain is helping develop Africa’s infrastructure
  • 18 July 2013
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• Mark Lowcock: A year on from the Tokyo Conference on Afghanistan
  • 03 July 2013
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• Development agencies and conflict: Good progress, but can do better
  • 17 June 2013
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• Making mining work for development and how development agencies can help
  • 20 May 2013
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• Economic growth - How to get some in a changing world
  • 19 February 2013
  • Speech
• Mark Lowcock: Prospects for Africa and the role of development assistance
  • 05 December 2012
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• Mark Lowcock: The future of international development
  • 16 October 2012
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