Laurie Lee is an advocate and practitioner in the global development and humanitarian sectors. Lee previously worked as chief executive of CARE International UK. Before that, he was Africa director at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, opening offices in Abuja, Addis Ababa, Johannesburg, and London. He served as a senior civil servant in the now-closed Department for International Development and development policy adviser to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair for the 2005 Gleneagles G-8 Summit.