Peter Nicholas Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

Member of the Senior Management Team leading the development of Impact Bonds in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Has supported the design, contracting and implementation of Impact Bonds in West Bank & Gaza, South Africa, Uganda, Cameroon, Cambodia, Jordan and Armenia in collaboration with Global Fund, World Bank, FCDO and others.

London, United Kingdom

Washington, Harare, Luanda

• Managed World Bank programs in fourteen countries in Africa, the former Soviet Union and South Asia
• Led or co-led development of Country Assistance Strategies for Nepal, Bhutan, Armenia, Georgia, Zimbabwe and Belarus
• Led a $20 million multi-donor TA in Zimbabwe to help improve governance, land management, agriculture, and infrastructure
• Managed all aspects of the work of a five-country Department in Southern Africa and its US$2 billion portfolio
• Responsible for the quality and results of planned and active programs and projects
• Managed HR processes for a large Department as Interim Director

Thimphu

• UNDP Advisor to Government of Bhutan
• Worked with the Finance and other Ministries to improve recurrent cost forecasting
• Assisted Ministry of Planning in preparing Five Year Plan

Washington

• Led preparation of Country Economic Report for Bhutan
• Team Leader for response to 1988 floods in Bangladesh
• Researched and wrote position papers on issues of the costs of Structural Adjustment (see list of publications)
• Reviewer for Country Policy and Strategy Papers