Head of DFID Ghana & Liberia

Philip Smith

Biography

Philip Smith is Country Director for the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) in Ghana. Philip has been based at the British High Commission in Accra since August 2017.

Philip joined DFID in 2002 and has held a number of different senior positions in DFID headquarters and overseas. Prior to being posted to Ghana, Philip was Deputy Head of DFID’s programme in Malawi as well as Acting Country Director DFID Malawi throughout 2016. From 2008 to 2014, Philip held various roles in DFID Nepal where he led UK efforts to build Nepal’s capacity to prepare and respond to earthquakes and other natural disasters.

Head of DFID Ghana & Liberia

The head of a DFID country office has overall responsibility for the running of the office and it’s programmes.

Department for International Development

Previous roles in government

• Head of DFID Nepal
  • 2013 to 2013

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• Global Youth SDGs Summit: speech by DFID Ghana Country Director
  • 21 November 2019
  • Speech
• DFID Ghana Country Director's speech at the Northern Ghana Development Summit
  • 31 May 2019
  • Speech
• Effective solutions to gender issues should be sustained: speech by Philip Smith
  • 08 May 2019
  • Speech
• UKaid direct funded 'maternal health project' launches in Ghana: speech by DFID Country Director
  • 28 November 2018
  • Speech
• 2nd African Girls Summit: speech by DFID Country Director Philip Smith
  • 26 November 2018
  • Speech
• DFID Ghana Country Director's speech at Education is GREAT event
  • 20 November 2018
  • Speech
• Fleming Fund's evening reception of the AMR Call to Action summit: speech by DFID Ghana Country Director
  • 19 November 2018
  • Speech
• DFID Ghana Country Director's speech at Commonwealth Digital Finance event
  • 26 September 2018
  • Speech
• DFID Ghana Country Director's speech at the launch of report on poverty profile in Ghana
  • 13 September 2018
  • Speech
• DFID Ghana Country Director's speech at CBE Lesson Learning workshop
  • 13 September 2018
  • Speech

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