"Our hope is that CIFF’s journey will be useful for all
who aim to make development more impactful."

Ed is CIFF’s Head of Legal. He is responsible for all legal and compliance issues affecting CIFF, including contract negotiations with CIFF’s grantee organisations in Children’s Development and Climate Change and various governance and corporate secretariat matters. Prior to joining CIFF, Ed trained and worked at Slaughter and May for seven years in their Corporate/M&A team advising a wide variety of clients on public and private transactions and commercial agreements. He then joined RSA Insurance Group plc as in-house Legal Counsel, where his responsibilities included global legal compliance issues. Ed has an MA in history from Cambridge University and is a qualified solicitor.