George Bowles

George Bowles has over five years’ experience in international development, with a focus on conflict, peace and security issues in North Africa, East Africa and the Middle East.

He joined Itad in 2018 as a Research Analyst and is now a Consultant working on conflict, peace and security, and humanitarian assistance.

George specialises in the design and delivery of MEL capacity building support to the FCO’s Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) programme teams across North Africa and Eastern Africa. He has delivered evaluations of humanitarian assistance responses for a variety of clients, including UNICEF and Sida.

George is an expert in conducting research and analysis to inform the design and refresh of international development programmes, with particular expertise in the fields of preventing and countering violent extremism, crime and justice, and local-level peacebuilding.