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 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 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 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 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.