Leadership
Senior Management
The Senior Management Team leads the IGC and is based at the LSE.
Jonathan Leape
Executive Director, IGC & Associate Professor of Economics
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Claudia Niruban
Finance Director
Finance, IGC London Hub, Senior Management
Nick Dale
Operations Director
IGC London Hub, Senior Management
Ella Spencer
Programme and Impact Director
IGC London Hub, Researcher, Senior Management
Sarah Lyness
Communications and Development Director
IGC London Hub, Senior Management
Steering Group
The Steering Group provides research and policy oversight of the IGC.
Jonathan Leape
Executive Director, IGC & Associate Professor of Economics
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Robin Burgess
Director, IGC and Professor of Economics
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Paul Collier
Director, IGC and Professor of Economics and Public Policy
University of Oxford
Oriana Bandiera
Professor of Economics
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Nada Eissa
Associate Professor
Georgetown University
Chang-Tai Hsieh
Phyllis and Irwin Winkelried Professor of Economics
University of Chicago
Research Programme Directors
The Research Programme Directors lead the IGC's Research Programme, each focusing on one of the IGC’s four research themes.
Firms programme directors
David Atkin
Professor of Economics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dave Donaldson
Professor of Economics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Imran Rasul
Professor of Economics
University College London
Eric Verhoogen
Professor of International and Public Affairs and Economics
Columbia University
State programme directors
Oriana Bandiera
Professor of Economics
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Michael Callen
Associate Professor of Economics
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Cities programme directors
Gharad Bryan
Lecturer in Economics
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Edward Glaeser
Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics
Harvard University
Energy programme directors
Mar Reguant
Associate Professor
Northwestern University
Country Directors
The Country Directors lead the IGC's in-country programmes.
Kathie Krumm
Country Director
Country Directors, Ethiopia Team
Ijaz Nabi
Country Director
Country Directors, Pakistan Team, Researcher
Richard Newfarmer
Country Director
Country Directors, Researcher, Rwanda Team, Uganda Team
Nii Sowa
Country Director
Country Directors, Ghana Team, Researcher
Lead Academics
The Lead Academics provide research leadership for IGC's in-country programmes.
Vittorio Bassi
Assistant Professor of Economics
University of Southern California
Stefano Caria
Associate Professor of Economics
University of Warwick
Ali Cheema
Associate Professor of Economics
Lead Academics, Pakistan Team, Researcher
Jonas Hjort
Associate Professor of Business Economics
Columbia Business School
Asim Khwaja
Professor of International Finance and Development
Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Rocco Macchiavello
Associate Professor of Management
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Sandra Sequeira
Associate Professor of Development Economics
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Chris Udry
Robert E. and Emily King Professor of Economics
Northwestern University
Pedro Vicente
Associate Professor of Economics
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Eric Werker
William Saywell Professor in International Business
Simon Fraser University
Policy Initiatives
These advisors and academic leads provide research leadership for IGC's policy initiatives.
Responsive Policy Advisors
Michael Callen
Associate Professor of Economics
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Nada Eissa
Associate Professor
Georgetown University
State Fragility initiative
Tim Besley
Professor of Economics and Political Science
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Paul Collier
Director, IGC and Professor of Economics and Public Policy
University of Oxford
Adnan Khan
Professor of Practice
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Hans Peter Lankes
Visiting Professor in Practice
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Keith Palmer
Senior Research Fellow
IGC London Hub, Research Affiliate, State Fragility initiative leadership
Ian Porter
Myanmar country advisor
Researcher, State Fragility initiative leadership