Christina Bennett is CEO of Start Network, a membership of over 145 local, national and international NGOs working to change the way humanitarian aid is designed, resourced and delivered. She has more than 20 years of experience in humanitarian policy and practice, working in Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Sudan, London and New York.
Prior to joining Start Network, Christina worked as Head of the Humanitarian Policy Group at ODI and Chief of Policy Analysis and Innovation at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, where she led OCHA’s work on aid effectiveness, cash assistance, humanitarian reform and protection of civilians. While at the UN, Christina also led the Secretary-General’s Task Force on the Global Food Crisis of 2008 and worked as a spokesperson for the Emergency Relief Coordinator.
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What’s in and what’s out for humanitarian action
Reading the room at the Global Partnerships Conference, Angelina Jial and Christina Bennett reflect on what it will take to transform humanitarian action if it’s going to meet this moment.