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Sue is Managing Director of Social Development Direct (SDDirect), a leading provider of social development assistance and research services, offering in-depth thematic expertise in conflict prevention and peace building, governance voice and accountability, girls’ education, women’s economic empowerment, safeguarding, health rights, and violence against women and girls. SDDirect has a 20-year track record of providing high quality services that include technical advice and support, research, development assistance programme design, delivery and management, monitoring and evaluation for a range of clients including leading international development agencies, iNGOs and foundations.
Sue leads the SDDirect team to deliver excellent and innovative social development consultancy and research with inclusion and social justice at its heart. Sue joined SDDirect in October 2020, having previously been Executive Director of Global Partners Governance, a specialist provider of international support to political institutions. Sue led work on inclusive governance and institutional development through design, implementation and monitoring of programmes as well as strategic analysis for donor agencies and analytical consultancy work for other organisations. She was technical lead for programming in Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia, working in a range of institutions and policy areas, with a personal focus on supporting women’s political involvement and leadership.
Sue has a deep belief in the impact of political systems and the quality of representation on development, social justice and equality. Her career began in the UK House of Commons, where she was a senior official for 9 years, leading the secretariat to several select committees and providing specialist technical and support and procedural advice to legislative and oversight processes in a variety of roles. Sue has a PhD in French literature, a degree in French and Arabic and an MBA.