Meet the Devex Authors

Angelina Fisher

Angelina Fisher

Angelina Fisher is an adjunct professor of law at the New York University School of Law, and policy and practice director at the Guarini Global Law & Tech program.
Angeline Murimirwa

Angeline Murimirwa

Angeline Murimirwa, one of the first young women supported by CAMFED to go to school in Zimbabwe, is a founding member of the CAMFED Association. This is the pan-African network of 178,000 women leaders educated with CAMFED support, working to secure every girl's right to education. As CAMFED’s executive director in Africa, Murimirwa brings the expertise of young women once excluded from education to policy formulation and strategy at every level. She was awarded the 2020 Yidan Prize for Education Development.
Angie T. Dennis

Angie T. Dennis

Angie T. Dennis is a Liberian health researcher and an Ebola survivor.
Angus Scrimgeour

Angus Scrimgeour

Angus Scrimgeour is the founder and president of the International Association for Digital Publications, a British charity that provides eBooks and other e-learning resources for university students in developing countries. He served as vice president of the World Bank Group and as chief financial officer of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. Scrimgeour was also a member of the Knowledge and Learning Council and is the former vice president of Citibank.
Aniket Shah

Aniket Shah

Aniket Shah is the program leader for sustainable finance at the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. He is seconded from Investec Asset Management, a leading emerging markets investment firm, where he was global strategist.
Anir Chowdhury

Anir Chowdhury

Anir Chowdhury is the policy advisor of Access to Information in Bangladesh, a UNDP and USAID-supported program run by the Prime Minister’s Office of Bangladesh. In this capacity, he leads the formation of a whole-of-society innovation ecosystem in Bangladesh through massive technology deployment, extensive capacity development, integrated policy formulation, whole-of-government institutional reform and an innovation fund. He has also co-founded several software and service companies in the U.S. and Bangladesh focused on enterprise management and IT strategy for Fortune 500 corporations.
Aniruddha Dasgupta

Aniruddha Dasgupta

Aniruddha Dasgupta is the global director of WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, WRI’s program that galvanizes action to help cities grow more sustainably and improve quality of life in developing countries around the world. Ani guides WRI Sustainable Cities in developing environmentally, socially, and financially sustainable solutions to improve people’s quality of life in developing cities.
Anirudh Poddar

Anirudh Poddar

Anirudh Poddar is the manager of nutrition commodities at Sight and Life, where he contributes to strategy and implementation pertaining to health industry supply chains and improves the accessibility and affordability of nutritious foods and micronutrient supplementation among vulnerable communities. Though he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in metallurgical engineering, his interest in nutrition led him to work with PwC and Procter & Gamble, before joining Sight and Life.
Anirudha Nagar

Anirudha Nagar

Anirudha Nagar is a human rights lawyer and communities co-director for Accountability Counsel, which supports communities to defend their environmental and human rights. Through its communities program, Accountability Counsel is advising communities in Jharkhand, India, on the World Bank’s Inspection Panel process.
Anissa Toscano

Anissa Toscano

Anissa Toscano is vice president for humanitarian leadership and response at Mercy Corps. With 27 years of experience in humanitarian and development contexts, she has worked with a range of organizations including the U.K. government's Department for International Development, United Nations, NGOs, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.