Head of InnovationDepartment for International Development
Benjamin Kumpf is the Head of Innovation at the UK Department for International Development. Prior to this engagement, he led the Innovation Facility of the United Nations Development Programme. In this capacity, Benjamin managed a flexible fund to support experimentation, exploration and the scaling-up of development innovations.
Over the past 13 years, he has worked on programmes and policy design at the intersection of digital technologies, innovation and global development.
Benjamin’s past experience includes work with UN Volunteers, with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), the International Agricultural Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics and others in India, Jordan, Nepal and Rwanda as well as multiple years of journalism on development and humanitarian topics.
Central and Southern Asia, Eastern and Southern Africa, Middle East and North Africa