Martin Dinham
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Martin Dinham worked in the Department for International Development for over 30 years, eventually being appointed director general in April 2008.
He was called as a witness to the Iraq Inquiry in 2009.
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Career
Dinham joined the UK civil service in 1974, spending most of his career in the Department for International Development and its predecessor departments. His roles have included assistant private secretary to the then Labour minister Judith Hart in 1978, he then took on responsibility for the UK aid programmes to Malawi and Zambia before being seconded in 1981 to the World Bank in Washington where he worked in the UK executive director's office. [1]
He returned to the department in 1983 as head of personnel, in 1985 he was appointed principal private secretary to successive ministers for overseas development, Tim Raison and Chris Patten, in 1988 he became head of the South East Asia development division in Bangkok and in 1992 he was seconded to act as adviser to the governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten, during the handover of Hong Kong to China.[1]
He returned to the Department for International Development in 1997, as head of personnel, in 2000 he was appointed direct, Asia and Pacific and in 2005 he was appointed director, Europe, Middle East and Americas. In October 2007 he was appointed director for UN, conflict and humanitarian division, in December he was acting director general and in April 2008 director general.[1]
Iraq inquiry
Dinham was called as a witness to give oral evidence to the Iraq Inquiry in December 2009, on the topic of 'Promoting Iraq’s recovery and growth after the initial invasion.'[2]
Revolving door
- Consultancy assignment, AusAID, January 2011. Given "unconditional approval by ACOBA.[3]
- Sightsavers, 2010
- International HIV/AID Alliance, 2010
- BBC Media Action, 2013
- Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, 2011
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Martin Dinham Department for International Development, 18 March 2009, accessed 8 December 2014
- ↑ Oral Evidence Iraq Inquiry, 17 December 2009, accessed 8 December 2014
- ↑ Twelfth Report 2010-2011 Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, accessed 8 December 2014
