About us / Team
Team.
A team with global reach, based in Bogotá, London, New York, Quito and Bangkok.
Jonathan Glennie
Founder and Executive Director
London and Bogotá
A globally recognised expert on development cooperation in a new era. He co-founded Global Nation, the GPI Network, the Ipsos Sustainable Development Research Centre and the Guardian's global development website, and is the author of The Future of Aid and The Trouble with Aid.
Alejandro Torres
Deputy Director
Bogotá
A political scientist with a master's in diplomacy and international relations. At Colombia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs he led strategic work on international cooperation, migration policy and multilateral affairs.
Alejandra Meneses
Programme Manager
Bogotá
More than eight years in international development. At the OECD she led cross-country analysis and contributed to global frameworks on gender equality, and she co-developed the SDG 5.1.1 indicator with UN Women and the World Bank.
Ben Phillips
Director, Public GOOD
Bangkok
Former Communications Director of UNAIDS, and Campaigns and Policy Director of ActionAid and Oxfam. Author of How to Fight Inequality (Polity, 2020).
Abbey Gardner
Senior Consultant
New York
Her work spans development finance, global health and institution-building in low-income and fragile states. She most recently served as Executive Director of the Science of Implementation Initiative, founded by Dr Paul Farmer.
Andrea Ordóñez
Senior Adviser, Green Industrial Policy
Quito
Co-founded Southern Voice in 2013, the leading network of think tanks across Africa, Asia and Latin America, and became its first Executive Director.
Daniel Sánchez
Business Manager
Bogotá
Holds a degree in economics from the University of Sussex. He helped build the GPI platform and the Global Solidarity Scorecard.
Laura Granados
Programme Officer
Bogotá
Holds a degree in pedagogy from Universidad Distrital and is developing GCI's work on dignity.