Alicia Herbert
Director of Education, Gender and Equality and Special Head of Digital Skills, Poland
Alicia Herbert OBE is the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office Director, Education, Gender and Equalities and the UK’s Special Envoy for Gender Equality. Prior to her current position, she worked in academia, the World Bank and represented the UK government in senior roles in Mozambique, Sudan and Nigeria. Over the past 25 years, she has played a leading role in shaping international development policy and driving programme delivery and policy reform in countries across Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.