Meet the Devex Authors

Einar Bjørgo

Einar Bjørgo

Einar Bjørgo is director of the division for satellite analysis and applied research at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research. In that capacity he oversees the Operational Satellite Applications Program and strategic implementation of the 2030 Agenda Unit.
Einar Steensnæs

Einar Steensnæs

Einar Steensnæs is the co-founder of the Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights. Prior to that he was a former minister and member of the Norwegian parliament and the vice president of the UNESCO Executive Board.
Ekaterina Gorokhova

Ekaterina Gorokhova

Ekaterina Gorokhova is a strategic partner for the United Nations Young Professionals Program, where she compiles materials, prepares interviews and focuses on helping young people worldwide build their own path to the United Nations.
Elaine Ireland

Elaine Ireland

Elaine joined Sightsavers as head of policy in 2010. She is responsible for coordinating all the activities of the policy team to ensure that Sightsavers and the issues that it is advocating for are heard by donors and decision-makers. This includes agencies such as the U.K. Department for International Development, the European Commission, U.N. agencies and the World Health Organization.
Elaine Pearson

Elaine Pearson

Elaine Pearson is Human Rights Watch's Asia director, overseeing the work of the Asia division in more than 20 countries. She has conducted numerous human rights investigations in the Asia-Pacific region and around the world.
Eleanor Ross

Eleanor Ross

Eleanor Ross is a freelance journalist based in London. She specializes in humanitarian, tech and travel writing. She writes for the Guardian, Financial Times, BBC, Broadly and Sunday Times, among others.
Elena Bagnera

Elena Bagnera

Elena Bagnera, senior analyst at CPI in Washington D.C., focuses on international financial architecture reform, notably through the FiCS Lab. Her work emphasizes the role of public financial institutions in mobilizing private capital. Elena has authored papers on multilateral development banks' collaboration with national development banks and their role in advancing urban climate finance.
Elena Bonfiglioli

Elena Bonfiglioli

Elena Bonfiglioli is the managing director for health and life sciences Europe, Middle East, and Africa at Microsoft. She has been working in the health sector for more than 15 years, first in health policy at the EU level and then as a regional business leader in the global health care team. In July 2017, Elena was elected to the HIMSS Europe Governing Council, and in 2020 she was nominated as one of the top 50 AI Innovators by Intelligent Health. Bonfiglioli is one of the founding members of the Holomedicine Association.
Elena Lazutkaite

Elena Lazutkaite

Elena Lazutkaite is a TMG research associate focusing on agriculture, environmental sustainability, and transboundary pests and diseases amid the climate crisis.
Elena L.  Pasquini

Elena L. Pasquini

Elena Pasquini covers the development work of the European Union as well as various U.N. food and agricultural agencies for Devex News. Based in Rome, she also reports on Italy's aid reforms and attends the European Development Days and other events across Europe. She has interviewed top international development officials, including European Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs. Elena has contributed to Italian and international magazines, newspapers and news portals since 1995.