Moorhead in 2017 at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti Susanna Mary Davies Moorehead (born 22 April 1957) is a British diplomat and civil servant who served as Chair of the

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Development Assistance Committee The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) is a forum to discuss issues surrounding aid, development and poverty reduction in developing countries. It describes itself as being the ...

from 2018 to 2022.

Early life and career

Moorehead was an undergraduate at the

University of York The University of York (abbreviated as or ''York'' for Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a public Collegiate university, collegiate research university in York, England. Established in 1963, the university has expanded to more than thir ...

and graduated from the

London School of Economics The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), established in 1895, is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the University of London. The school specialises in the social sciences. Founded ...

with a PhD in International Relations in 1983.

Career

In 2012 Moorehead was appointed to the advisory committee to the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). Members of the advisory group represent themselves and not their country. Other group members included Ahmed Al-Meraikhi of Qatar, Jozef H.L.M. Andriessen from the Netherlands, Ugandan Julius Oketta, Susan Eckey of Norway, Yukie Osa from Japan and Croatian Nancy Butijer. Moorehead has served as the U.K. Ambassador to Ethiopia and Djibouti and Permanent Representative to the

African Union The African Union (AU) is a continental union of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa. The AU was announced in the Sirte Declaration in Sirte, Libya, on 9 September 1999, calling for the establishment of the African Union. The b ...

and

UNECA The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA or ECA; , CEA) was established in 1958 by the United Nations Economic and Social Council to encourage economic cooperation among its member states (the nations of the Africa, African contin ...

. She was the U.K. Executive Director to the

World Bank Group The World Bank Group (WBG) is a family of five international organizations that make leveraged loans to developing countries. It is the largest and best-known development bank in the world and an observer at the United Nations Development Group ...

, and the

Department for International Development The Department for International Development (DFID) was a Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom, ministerial department of the government of the United Kingdom, from 1997 to 2020. It was responsible for administering foreign aid ...

's Director for West and Southern Africa. She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from

in 2014. Moorehead was appointed

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince of Wales (the future King George IV), while he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George I ...

(CMG) in the

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for services to international development and diplomacy.

Other activities

* Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation, Member of the Steering CommitteeSteering Committee
Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moorehead, Susanna 1957 births Living people Alumni of the University of York Alumni of the London School of Economics British women ambassadors Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Ethiopia Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George