Lewis Temple

Biography

After spending twenty years working in international development across the world Lewis joined the BRAC UK team in late 2014. Lewis started his career working on projects in Eastern Europe and Central Asia in partnership with governments to assist them to develop community based services for children and families as an alternative to institutional child care. Later he worked as a Country Director for GOAL in Ethiopia, managing large scale humanitarian and multi-sectoral development programmes and then led HelpAge International’s regional programme in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Prior to joining BRAC Lewis worked for six years as CEO of iDE UK – an NGO that has pioneered market based development for smallholder farmers in Africa and Asia.

As CEO at BRAC UK he leads the team based in London on BRAC UK’s work to develop partnerships, generate resources and influence policy makers to help BRAC achieve its mission worldwide.

Founded and led from Bangladesh, BRAC has a ‘hybrid’ approach to development, combining development impact with a hard-nosed business ethic. BRAC social enterprises and microfinance are outstanding examples of businesses that benefit many millions of people by providing employment and income opportunities and also generating profits to enable BRAC to deliver its development services to the poorest. BRAC has that rare track record in international development of having achieved a quite remarkable scale in its impact on the world’s poorest communities.