Colleen Wainwright
Biography
Colleen joined the Department for International Development in 2012. She has served with DFID and FCDO in the Overseas Territories, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Caribbean, Ethiopia and Tanzania. Colleen joined DFID in 2012, after previously working for Irish Aid in Tanzania and Ethiopia. She has a degree in Geography and a master’s in International Development from Leeds University.
Previous roles in government
- 2021 Deputy Director, Overseas Territories/Caribbean
- 2018 to 2020 Head, DFID Occupied Palestinian Territories
- 2015 to 2018 Head, DFID Caribbean
- 2012 to 2015 Deputy Head of Office and Senior Social Development Advisor, DFID Ethiopia
- 2012 Joined DFID
Previous roles in government
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Head of DFID Caribbean