Head of Humanitarian Division
The central ambition of Christian Aid’s humanitarian policy and practice is to put people affected by crisis in the driving seat of their own response and recovery. Before Christian Aid, Michael was Co-ordinator of the ‘Towards a Safer World’ initiative at World Food Programme; Chief of the Pandemic Influenza team at OCHA; and Head of the Conflict Humanitarian and Security, and United Nations and Commonwealth Departments at DFID. Michael is also currently chair of ACT Alliance’s Humanitarian Reference Group; co-chair of the BOND-FCDO localisation group; on the steering groups of Charter for Change, the Start Fund, the UK branch of United Against Inhumanity, and the European NGO Network VOICE; and on the Inter Agency Standing Committee’s Operational Policy and Advocacy Group (OPAG).
