I led on securing UK and European funding (from government sources, philanthropic organisations and private individuals) to support the work of IWPR globally. Highlights included securing a £2.5m contract from the UK government working on gender and civil society in Libya, a grant of over £3m from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for local media and anti-corruption work in Central Asia, the Caucasus and Ukraine, and securing multiple grants for IWPR's pioneering work in Afghanistan.

For nearly 10 years, I managed LSE's Charitable Partnerships with Foundations and corporations around the world, seeking to develop mutually beneficial relationships which highlight the links between top-level research, and policy and practice. I built a robust and successful function and led a team which secured over £150milllion in philanthropic support. This included a grant of over £64million to LSE's International Inequalities Institute from The Atlantic Philanthropies and support of over £12million from LSE alumnis Firoz Lalji and his wife Najma to create the Programme for African Leadership and now the Firoz Lalji Centre for Africa.