Victoria Penson

UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Deputy Development Director

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Victoria Penson is a senior international development professional with 20 years of experience, currently working as the UK’s Deputy Development Director for the Caribbean region and the UK Alternate Director to CDB. She has lived and worked in six countries (the UK, Jordan, Tanzania, Zambia, Guyana and now Barbados), primarily for FCDO but also the World Bank and the Bank of England.  She has specific expertise in climate finance, private sector investment and macroeconomics. She holds a BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University; an MSc in Development Economics from SOAS; and an MBA from London Business School. She was awarded the St.Hilda’s College, Oxford University Economics prize and a London Business School Women Leaders’ Award.