Liz Lloyd, CBE

Liz Lloyd is the Chief Impact Officer at CDC.

CDC is the UK’s development finance institution with a mission to invest in the private sector to make a lasting difference to people living in Africa and Asia. By investing for development impact, CDC aims to improve lives and help countries build thriving economies that can provide sustainable opportunities for all their citizens. In this role, she leads in overseeing the assessment, measurement and management of development impact activity and engages on focus areas such gender, job quality, climate change and human capital.

Liz was previously at Standard Chartered, where she held senior positions including Group Company Secretary, CEO of Standard Chartered Bank Tanzania and Group Head of Public Affairs. Before that, she was Deputy Chief of Staff for Prime Minister Tony Blair and a senior adviser on Africa, Home Affairs and the Environment at No 10.

She received a CBE in 2008.