Owen Barder is an adviser to Precision Development a non-profit organization with a mission to support smallholder farmers in developing countries by providing customized information and services that increase productivity, profitability, and environmental sustainability. Owen was Chief Executive of PxD from 2019 to 2024.
Owen has been:
- Chief Executive of Precision Development (2019-2024)
- Vice President and Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Development and founder of CGD Europe.
- Visiting Professor in Practice at the London School of Economics;
- Specialist Adviser to the UK House of Commons International Development Committee
- Non-Executive Director of Social Finance
- Associate, Institute for Government
- Private Secretary (Economics) to the Prime Minister (Tony Blair)
- Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Norman Lamont & Kenneth Clarke)
- Adviser to the South African Treasury (Trevor Manuel)
- Visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley
Owen presented Development Drums, a podcast on development issues.
Fun fact: Owen created the first UK government website. Also, he runs, bikes and swims, sometimes on the same day.
