Profile

Co-Director -  Policy Advocacy and Programmes, ActionAid UK

Hannah has worked with Civil Society Organisations and government in the UK and Global South.

In the early stages of her career, Hannah worked for the UK Government Women’s National Commission. She focused on violence against women and girls.

She has since worked for humanitarian and development non-governmental organisations in the UK and Global South. She also worked for the British Embassy in Addis Ababa where she worked on Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somaliland.

Hannah lived and worked for six years in Ethiopia. She specialised in conflict, gender, human rights, community-based development, humanitarian programming and economic empowerment.  

Hannah focused on conflict and gender in her Master’s degree at King’s College London. She has a BA in Politics from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne