Annabel Gerry
Biography
Annabel Gerry is Director for Human Development at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).
Annabel was Head of DFID Pakistan from 2019 to 2022. Before this she was based for 5 years in Harare, where she was Head of DFID Zimbabwe and also led the DFID South Africa Development Partnerships Unit.
Annabel’s previous roles in DFID include: leading DFID’s policy on governance, gender, and social protection; being Head of Profession for DFID’s Governance, Conflict and Humanitarian Advisers; as well as time in DFID Tanzania, DFID Nigeria and DFID South Africa. Annabel joined DFID in 1997.
Before DFID, Annabel worked as a tax lawyer for a large city firm in London, for the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front in Eritrea rebuilding their education system in preparation for the country’s independence, and in a refugee settlement with American Save the Children in Sudan.
Previous roles in government
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Head of DFID Pakistan
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Head of DFID Zimbabwe and DFID South Africa
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Head of DFID Zimbabwe