Mikaela Gavas is the Managing Director of CGD Europe and a Senior Fellow.
With over two decades of experience in research, policy and advisory, roles in research, political and parliamentary environments, she is an authority on international development strategy and finance, and a leading specialist in European development cooperation. She has served as a member of the Standing Advisory Group on Technical Assistance and Cooperation for the UN International Atomic Energy Agency and as a Specialist Adviser to the House of Commons International Development Committee. Before joining CGD, she was the Head of ODI’s Development Strategy and Finance programme, comprising horizon-scanning, comparative analytics, bespoke advisory, and evidence-based problem-solving. She has worked as a strategy adviser to governments, including France, Italy, Republic of Korea, Qatar, Switzerland and the UAE. She was an adviser on European development cooperation in the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and has worked for a number of NGOs. Gavas holds a Master’s of Science in International Relations from the London School of Economics and a Bachelor of Arts degree in European Politics from the University of East Anglia.
