Michael Anderson

Michael Anderson CB serves as the Chief Executive Officer at MedAccess since December 2017 and as a Non Executive Director at Abt Global since April 2020. Previous roles include Visiting Fellow at the Center for Global Development (June 2016 - February 2020) and CEO of the Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) (September 2013 - March 2016), where leadership focused on enhancing children's lives in developing nations. Anderson also held significant positions at 10 Downing Street as Prime Minister's Special Envoy for UN Development Goals (June 2012 - August 2013) and as Director General at the Department for International Development (DFID) (April 2003 - August 2013), overseeing various international aid programs. Academic involvement includes a Visiting Fellowship at the London School of Economics and Political Science (1998 - 2008) and co-founding BAZIAN LTD (1999 - 2003) to promote evidence-based medicine. Educational credentials feature a Master's in Social Anthropology from the University of Oxford and an LLM in International and Comparative Law from SOAS University of London.