Benjamin Kumpf is the Head of the OECD Innovation for Development Facility. Prior to joining the OECD, he worked as Head of Innovation at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and led the Innovation Facility of the United Nations Development Programme. In these capacities, Benjamin managed flexible funds to support experimentation, exploration and the scaling-up of development innovations, co-led programmes on adaptive management and advised country offices and partners on strategic innovation. Past posts include work with UN Volunteers, with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), the International Agricultural Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics and others in India, Jordan, Nepal and Rwanda.
He is a member of several advisory bodies to advance innovation in the development and humanitarian sectors, and teaches as Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, New York and SciencePo, Paris.
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Head of OECD Innovation for Development Facility, OECD