Global Offices

Since 1970, we have worked in more than 150 countries, at any one time we are likely to have active projects in 90 or more countries. This worldwide portfolio is supported from corporate offices in Europe, Nigeria, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

United Kingdom Management Team

Multicultural, multilingual, and multidisciplinary to the core—global in outlook and approach—DAI’s staff are steeped in the challenges of delivering development solutions in the field. They are committed to sharing our innovation and experience to inform international development practices worldwide.

Polly Gillingham

Director of New Business | [email protected]

Polly Gillingham

Polly is responsible for business development and competitive tendering processes, with a primary focus on British government clients. Over the past 20 years, Polly has worked with various donors, including the U.K. Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, the World Bank, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation, covering a wide range of geographies. Polly began her career in Tanzania, working mainly on livelihoods and natural resource management programmes. She has maintained this technical focus since joining DAI in 2000, providing support to a variety of projects, including the Evidence on Demand service.


Keith Smith

Senior Vice President | [email protected]

Keith Smith

Keith is an experienced development executive who has worked over the past 20 years in Africa, Asia, and Europe. He has managed a range of development programmes focused on infrastructure, agriculture, health, reintegration of ex-combatants, grants management, and governance. Keith was named to lead DAI’s HMG Business Unit in 2019.


Amanda Page

Director, Human Resources, Europe | [email protected]

Amanda Page

Amanda leads DAI human resources management in Europe. Prior to joining DAI in 2015, she spent 12 years working in the United Kingdom and 10 years working and living in China and Singapore, leading human resource activities across Afghanistan, Africa, China, India, Southeast Asia, and the United States. She has experience in global change management and shaping an organisation’s culture by working with clients and business units to develop human capital strategies and coaching leaders in dealing with key people management and development issues.


Jeremy Finch

Ethics and Compliance Officer and Head of Internal Audit, Europe | [email protected]

Jeremy Finch

Jeremy heads up both the internal audit and the ethics and compliance functions for our European offices. As such, he is the custodian of the control environment for the company and its network across the project portfolio as well as being the liaison for ethics issues and policy in Europe. He has 25 years of experience auditing pan-European businesses.


Chris Gibbins

Director, Financial Management | [email protected]

Chris Gibbins

Chris leads the U.K.'s HMG business partnering team, which provides financial operations and support to all programs within the HMG business unit. Chris has more than eight years of experience in DAI's project finance team. Throughout his tenure, he has worked across several programs in Africa, Europe, and North America and with a variety of clients relevant to the U.K. government.

x

RELATED CONTENT:

Read the latest issue of Developments

Developments is DAI’s newsletter. News and feature articles, opinion pieces, and interviews highlight DAI projects and offer insight into global development issues of the day.

Read More