Theo worked with Owen Barder and the CGD Europe team. His work focuses on finance for development, with an emphasis on novel contracts and financing structures that enable development actors to deliver social returns by collaborating effectively with the private sector. Theo grew up in India and Ethiopia and has a Bachelor’s in economics, finance, and politics and an MSc and PhD in economics. During his PhD, he was an Overseas Development Institute (ODI) Fellow in the Pacific, where he worked as an economist for the Government of Vanuatu. Before joining CGD, he worked at the Ministry of Planning and Investment in Hanoi.