Rachel Turner

Director of Economic Development at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Rachel Turner is the director of Economic Development at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Previously she has also served as the director for East and Central Africa, overseeing DFID’s programmes in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. She has over 20 years of development experience in low and middle income countries of Africa and Eastern Europe. She has headed the DFID office in Mozambique and with her experience of managing DFID’s relationships with global financial institutions, she has a strong understanding of public and private sector development issues and wide involvement with the multilateral and bilateral development architecture.