Dr. Christopher Humphrey

Chris Humphrey is a senior scientist at NADEL since January 2016. He has a PhD in International Development from the London School of Economics. His work is on the evolution of development finance, with a focus on multilateral development banks (MDBs). Chris consults extensively on development finance policy for the World Bank and other MDBs as well as numerous governments, including Switzerland, the UK and the US, and he is a senior research associate at ODI Global think tank in the UK. He was appointed by the G20 to the Independent Review of MDB Capital Adequacy (2021-22) and led work by the Brazilian (2024) and South African (2025) G20 presidencies on MDB reform. Previously Chris worked in operations at the World Bank’s Latin America division (2001-​2008) and as a journalist based in Mexico City (1994-​2000).