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Samantha Attridge
ODI
Principal Research Fellow
Description
Development finance expert specialising in private capital mobilisation, leading ODI's research in this area. She has a deep technical understanding and knowledge of blended finance principles and the use of donor funds to de-risk private investment; as well as the strategies, investment, and impact measurement and management of PDB and DFI investment. She is a expert member of: the review of OECD blended finance principles, the OECD development of new blended finance principles for adaptation, Publish What You Fund (PWYF) expert working group on mobilisation of private finance and PWYF expert group on DFI transparency. She also Co-chair's the Finance in Common Global Research Network on mobilisation of private finance.
She previously headed up the Commonwealth’s Financing for Development (FFD) policy research, development and advocacy work. Prior to this she was Deputy Director of Sovereign Debt Management and Capital Market Development consultancy at Crown Agents. Samantha is also an ICAEW Chartered Accountant who qualified with Pricewaterhousecoopers
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