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Simon O’Connell

Simon O’Connell is the CEO of the global development partner, SNV, leading a team of over 1,600 people and ongoing programs in approximately 25 countries. With overall responsibility for SNV, Simon oversees a global portfolio focused on the agri-food, energy, and water sectors and systems interventions that contribute to sustainable, transformational change.

Latest Articles

European Union
European Union
Opinion: Aid cuts in US, UK, and beyond mean EU institutions must step up
19 Mar 2025
As aid cuts from the U.S., U.K., and other European countries bite, European Union institutions must lead reform and fill the funding gap in global development.
Sponsored by SNV
Sponsored by SNV
Opinion: Mobilizing capital through philanthropy to address polycrisis
5 Dec 2023
Cross-sector partnerships led by philanthropic partners can play a key role in not only crowding in more patient capital to tackle today’s interconnected crises but also help support more effective and scalable interventions.
European Union
European Union
Opinion: From attribution to contribution for Team Europe collaboration
29 Jul 2022
Team Europe Initiatives could offer an efficient delivery vehicle for EU development ministries and others to co-invest in, and a measuring and evaluation framework with less rigid measurement of contribution toward results.
Media and communications
Media and communications
Opinion: How the media and NGOs can work together on the complex stories
23 May 2019
Media and NGOs need a renewed relationship that is curious and questioning and trusting, and that takes risks to tell the stories that need telling, writes the head of Mercy Corps.
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