Elizabeth McAllister has served in leadership positions in the
international development community for over 25 years. From 1997 to
2005, she held a number of senior assignments at the World Bank in
Washington, D.C., including Director of the Operations Evaluation
Department (OED), Director of External Affairs and United Nations
Relations and Special Advisor to the Vice Presidency for East Asia and
Pacific.
Prior to joining the World Bank, Ms. McAllister held
executive positions in the Canadian International Development Agency
(CIDA) including Director General of Performance Review, Director
General for Latin American and the Caribbean Region, Director of the
China Country Program and Director of Women in Development. She twice
chaired the DAC Working Group on Women In Development From 1985 to
1988, she was Counselor for Development in Jakarta, Indonesia
In 2007/8, she chaired the International Panel for the
Independent Review of the Consultative Group on International
Agricultural Research System (report available on www.cgiar.org/externalreview/).
Ms McAllister enjoys an active practice in international
development focuses on organizational strategy, results based
management, evaluation management and gender analysis. Her clients
include the World Bank, the United Kingdom’s Department for
International Development (DFID), the International Federation of the
Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Canadian International
Development Agency and the Caribbean Development Bank. She is currently
a member of the Advisory Council to the Gregg Center for the Study of
War and Society at the University of New Brunswick and an advisor to
organizations working for people with disabilities.
Ms. McAllister is a recipient of numerous awards for
community service and leadership, including a 1994 Governor General's
Commemorative Medal in her native Canada. A graduate of Harvard
University’s Kennedy School of Government (MPA) and the University of
New Brunswick, she lives in Ottawa.
