Leadership
Senior Management
The Senior Management Team leads the IGC and is based at the LSE.
Claudia Niruban
Finance Director, International Growth CentreResearch Director (TBA)
Senior Management, International Growth Centre
Vivian Bronsoler Nurko
International Programmes and Impact Director, International Growth Centre
Nick Dale
Operations Director, International Growth Centre
Sarah Lyness
Communications and Development Director, International Growth CentreSteering Group
The Steering Group provides strategic vision to the IGC.
Jonathan Leape
Executive Director, IGC and Associate Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Robin Burgess
Director, IGC and Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Paul Collier
Director, IGC and Professor of Economics and Public Policy, University of Oxford
Oriana Bandiera
Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Farzana Afridi
Professor, Indian Statistical Institute
Nada Eissa
Associate Professor, Georgetown University
Chang-Tai Hsieh
Phyllis and Irwin Winkelried Professor of Economics, University of ChicagoCountry Directors
The Country Directors lead the IGC's in-country programmes.
Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie
Country Director, Sierra Leone, International Growth Centre
Claudio Frischtak
Country Director, Mozambique, International Growth Centre
Kathie Krumm
Country Director, Ethiopia, International Growth Centre
Ijaz Nabi
Country Director, Pakistan, International Growth Centre
Richard Newfarmer
Country Director, Rwanda and Uganda, International Growth Centre