David Batt

David Batt brings to the OECD his extensive experience at senior level in international development, international institutions and policy, and in particular an excellent understanding of African development issues. His career spans ten years in Overseas Development Administration and almost twenty years in HM Treasury, latterly in the Department for International Development.

Among his achievements are introducing the concept of a Development Round of multilateral trade negotiations, which became the basis for the subsequent Doha Development Agenda. He also led the team which produced the UK Government’s Second White Paper on International Development – Eliminating World Poverty: Making Globalisation Work for the Poor. 

Immediately prior to coming to OECD to become the Director of the Africa Partnership Forum Support Unit, as Regional Deputy Director, Eastern and Central Africa David managed a group of 6 DFID overseas offices in DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda with a total of over 250 staff and a budget rising to over £500 million.