Lizzy has two decades of experience in foreign policy and international relations research, analysis and convening, with particular reference to Africa’s political economies and foreign relations.
She continues to convene policy dialogues on Africa’s partnerships, agency and international relations. Among other areas of focus, this includes exchanges on political systems, accountability and governance; peace and security; socio-economic change; and decentralisation and non-state actors.
Prior to joining Wilton Park, she was External Engagement Lead for the International Development, South Asia, Middle East and Africa business at Mott MacDonald, an employee-owned, global engineering consultancy. Before that, she was the Deputy Director of the Africa Programme at Chatham House in London, where she worked for fifteen years, helping to build the Africa Programme into an internationally renowned centre for policy research and convening.
She has observed elections in Nigeria (NDI & the Commonwealth) and Liberia (NDI). She has served as a specialist adviser to the House of Commons International Development Committee and was previously an Advisory Board Member for Acre Impact Capital.
Lizzy has wide media experience and has interviewed for the BBC, Deutsche Welle, France 24, KCRW and the Financial Times among others.