Tamsyn Barton has been since January 2019 the Chief Commissioner of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact, the aid watchdog, responsible for scrutiny of UK official development assistance, reporting to Parliament. Prior to this, she was CEO of Bond (International Development NGOs’ umbrella group). Previously she represented the European Investment Bank on the Board of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, following her role at EIB as Director-General, Lending Operations Outside the EU and Candidate Countries.
After a brief academic career which involved publication of two books and a number of articles in the field of ancient history, she moved into international development in 1993, and worked for NGOs and for the British Government in India and the UK in a range of policy and programme management roles before joining EIB in 2010. She is currently on the Board of the Institute for Development Studies, Sussex. She was from 2015 to 2019 a Trustee of the School of Oriental and African Studies and was also a member of the Oxford University Humanities Advisory Board.
