Harpinder (Pin) Collacott has led Development Initiatives (DI), an organisation that applies the power of data and evidence to build sustainable solutions that create an equitable and resilient world, as Executive Director since 2015. She joined the organisation in 2012 as a Director to set up the engagement, communications, and impact divisions, as well as lead the transparency and accountability portfolio. DI seeks to improve the allocation of financing to reach the poorest people and those impacted by crisis, and ensure poverty is eradicated in our lifetime. It does this by working closely with partners to ensure data-driven evidence and analysis is used effectively in policy and practice to end poverty, reduce inequality, and increase resilience.
Harpinder is also a Trustee of WaterAid UK and the UK International Development Sector umbrella body, BOND, and in her personal capacity mentors young minority women from lower socio-economic backgrounds to advance their careers. Pin has a strong background in politics and policy, advocacy and achieving change at the global level working with think tanks, UN war crimes tribunals, within philanthropy and consultancy. Harpinder is a graduate of Cambridge University and has a post-graduate from The London School of Economic.