Meet the Devex Authors

Bor Losol

Bor Losol

Bor Losol is the founder of Bayansharga, an NGO working to protect the rights of herders and other local people, and ensure that the mining sector works for the benefit of all Mongolians. It is part of the Publish What You Pay global movement.
Boutheina Guermazi

Boutheina Guermazi

Boutheina Guermazi joined the World Bank in 2004 and has held several positions of progressive responsibility in the information and communication technologies teams, including practice manager for the digital development teams covering the Middle East and Africa regions and director for digital development. She became the World Bank director for regional integration for sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and North Africa in October 2021. In this position, she oversees the implementation of the World Bank Group’s regional integration strategy and leads the policy dialogue and partnership with regional organizations, country clients, and partners.
Bowel Diop

Bowel Diop

Bowel Diop is a Senegalese social economy specialist and influential speaker, driven by her passion for knowledge sharing and social innovation. With expertise in project financing and fundraising, she actively champions girls' and women's rights in Africa. Over her 10-year career, she has combined technical expertise with the ability to inspire change through her speaking engagements and training program.
Brad Herbig

Brad Herbig

Brad Herbig is a senior fellow and the director of health data and analytics for the McKinsey Health Institute. He leads cross-cutting research focused on defining, measuring, and prioritizing health. He is a research and analytics entrepreneur who builds insights and analytical models to catalyze impact in the global health space alongside an ecosystem of global partners.
Braden Currey

Braden Currey

Braden is an analyst at Dalberg Advisors, based in their New York office. While at Dalberg, Braden has advised clients on a range of development finance topics-from blended finance to impact venture capital. He recently graduated with distinction from Yale University, where he majored in global affairs.
Bram Govaerts

Bram Govaerts

Bram Govaerts is director general of CIMMYT and works for a successful transition of global agrifood systems. Govaerts received the 2014 Norman Borlaug Award from the World Food Prize. He is a fellow of The American Society of Agronomy and an A. D. White professor-at-large at Cornell University.
Bree Oswill

Bree Oswill

Bree Oswill has worked at Mercy Corps for more than a decade and is currently the Communications Advisor for the Electronic Cash Transfer Learning Action Network.
Brendan Cox

Brendan Cox

Brendan Cox is the director of policy and advocacy at Save the Children U.K. Previously, he was executive director at Crisis Action and served as senior press officer at Oxfam. In 2008, he became special advisor for Africa and international development to former U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Brendan Hayes

Brendan Hayes

Brendan Hayes is the head of social franchising for Marie Stopes International and provides technical oversight to social franchise networks in 17 countries in African and Asia. These networks include more than 3,600 healthcare outlets with the goal of expanding access to high quality family planning and reproductive services to under-served women.
Brett Davidson

Brett Davidson

Brett Davidson is originally from South Africa, now based in New York. He is the founder and principal at Wingseed LLC, which supports changemakers around the world to develop skills in storytelling, listening, and narrative for social transformation. He was previously the director of media and narratives at the Open Society Public Health Program.