Meet the Devex Authors

Tom Klotzbach

Tom Klotzbach

Tom Klotzbach is a primary contributor to Fintrac’s methodological field approach and has designed numerous multi-year agricultural development programs worldwide. He is the recent author of a white paper on reducing smallholder vulnerabilities to climate change, and original architect of the Fintrac M&E system, which is cited by donors as a model for measuring the impact of new technologies on food security and smallholder income generation.
Tom Orrell

Tom Orrell

Tom Orrell is senior advocacy adviser at Publish What You Fund. His role is to highlight the value that joining up open data standards can deliver for standard setters, data producers and users alike. Tom’s experience is in the development and humanitarian sectors, digital and data policy, and human rights sector. Previously, Tom worked as a consultant for UNICEF in Ethiopia and Togo, a program manager and associate at Global Partners Digital and as a public law caseworker.
Tom Rawlings

Tom Rawlings

Tom Rawlings is a U.S.-based safeguarding consultant with over 20 years of experience leading efforts by courts, government agencies, and NGOs to protect children and vulnerable adults from harm. He can be reached at trawlings@tomrawlings.com.
Tom Roth

Tom Roth

Tom Roth is the lead for Asia tax counsel at the International Finance Corporation and an experienced international tax lawyer who has advised on corporate tax issues in both developed and emerging economies, particularly those resulting from the OECD BEPS Action Plan. Prior to joining IFC, Tom led Liberty Mutual’s Asia Pacific tax risk practice and prior to that was a member of Baker McKenzie’s tax practice in their Sydney, London and Singapore offices.
Tom Sessions

Tom Sessions

Tom’s role at CARE International UK is to manage their private sector engagement team and also their institutional partnerships team. He is interested in co-creating relevant and responsive partnerships for the future. Driving a dynamic dialogue across private sector and government partners is a key part of his role and part of CARE International UK’s approach to tackling poverty at scale. He works closely with DfID and other key donors together with corporate partners on global issues of poverty and social injustice. He also engages business around a shared value, core business approach, which will be crucial to see sustainable impacts for both commercial and social outcomes.
Tom Sheehy

Tom Sheehy

Tom Sheehy is the principal of Quinella Global, a Washington, D.C.-based public policy consulting company. From 1997-2018, he served on the staff of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives, the last six years as its staff director.
Tom Wright

Tom Wright

Tom Wright is a senior research and advocacy officer for Transparency International’s health initiative. He is responsible for leading the technical side of the OC4H project, developing national and global advocacy campaigns, and researching data and policy.
Tomaida Banda

Tomaida Banda

Tomaida Banda is a Zimbabwe-based program officer for child and youth rights, care, and protection.
Tomasz Telma

Tomasz Telma

Tomasz Telma is director for Europe and Central Asia of the International Finance Corp. based in Moscow. He is responsible for managing IFC’s activities in this region, including a significant investment program and portfolio, and an advisory program consisting of about 80 projects in 20 countries. Tomasz has been with IFC since 1995 with most of his career focused on developing and executing IFC’s debt and equity investments. Prior to his current assignment, he was based in Kazakhstan as associate director for Central Asia and Azerbaijan, and earlier in Moscow as chief investment officer responsible for IFC’s new financial sector investments in the region. Before joining IFC, he worked for PlanEcon, Inc., a private U.S.-based consulting and investment advisory firm focusing on Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
Tomoko Harigaya

Tomoko Harigaya

Tomoko Harigaya is PxD’s chief economist and director of research. Tomoko has extensive experience working with development organizations and government agencies on evaluation research. She has previously served as the Philippines country director at Innovations for Poverty Action, where she oversaw impact evaluations on microfinance and health programs and built research partnerships. Tomoko serves on the advisory group for the Climate Resilience Global Research & Innovation Priority at Airbel Impact Lab, International Rescue Committee.