Sir Martin Davidson, former head of the British Council — a government funded international organization for educational opportunities and cultural relations — has been named as the new chairman of Adam Smith International.
Davidson’s appointment comes in the wake of a months’ long investigation by the U.K. Department for International Development and the Parliamentary International Development Committee, which found that ASI inappropriately used privileged information from inside DFID to increase its bidding chances.
“I am delighted to be joining Adam Smith International and to lead it through the current restructuring and beyond,” Davidson said in a press statement.
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Molly Anders is a former U.K. correspondent for Devex. Based in London, she reports on development finance trends with a focus on British and European institutions. She is especially interested in evidence-based development and women’s economic empowerment, as well as innovative financing for the protection of migrants and refugees. Molly is a former Fulbright Scholar and studied Arabic in Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Morocco.