Devex Leader Roundtable:

The Women CEOs Edition

Kate Warren is Executive Vice President and resident talent and careers guru at Devex. With 15 years of global development recruitment experience advising international NGOs, consulting firms, and donor agencies, she has a finger on the pulse of hiring trends across the industry and insider knowledge on what it takes to break in.

Caroline Anstey has more than 25 years of leadership experience in social and economic development in both the public and private sectors. After an 18-year career at the World Bank Group, where she worked as managing director in charge of operational policy; chief of staff; and vice president for external affairs, she joined UBS AG as group managing director working across wealth management, asset management, and the UBS Investment Bank to spearhead the firms’ sustainability policy and investment products. She subsequently served as senior adviser to both the InterAmerican Development Bank and the World Economic Forum, focusing on the future of development policy and the creation of sustainable markets. For five years, she served as Sherpa to the heads of government meetings of the Group of Seven leading industrial nations and the larger Group of 20. She joined Pact in 2020.

Throughout her career, Lagomarsino has focused on expanding health coverage to low-income populations. As a managing director at R4D, she helped galvanize energy and political will around a global push for universal health coverage by coordinating an early global task force convened by the Rockefeller Foundation and co-authoring a frequently cited 2012 Lancet article on universal health coverage. Lagomarsino went on to develop several key partnerships that continue to influence health systems around the world today, including the Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage, a network of policymakers in low- and middle-income countries working together to develop practical solutions to the challenges of achieving universal health coverage, and the Center for Health Market Innovations, which has identified and is promoting learning among more than 1,500 innovative health efforts in 110 countries. Additionally, Lagomarsino played a key role in launching the Primary Health Care Performance Initiative, a partnership between the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank, and the World Health Organization.

Dorothy is a thought leader in international development, devoted to creating dynamic organizations that respect diversity, equity, and inclusion and succeed in times of challenge and change. Dorothy has experience providing knowledge-based, strategic leadership for effective implementation of an organization’s mission and goals. With over a 25-year career in the sector and applied governance experience, Dorothy’s work is founded on and informed by unique life experience and a commitment to authentic leadership. With a Doctor of Medicine Degree from the University of Yaoundé, Cameroon, Dorothy has undertaken extensive research on capacity building, advancing gender equality in low- and middle-income countries, and innovation economies around the world. Prior to joining MEDA, she was executive vice president of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences. Dorothy’s professional experience includes strengthening business processes and mobilizing funding in support of grassroots movements, community impact, and diversity in Africa, North America, Eastern Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East.

Carine oversees Malala Fund's public-facing work including advocacy, digital campaigns, media relations, strategic planning and co-founder engagement. She previously worked at Devex as an Associate Director, Communications. Carine attended Syracuse University. In addition to promoting the fund's advocacy and research initiatives, Umuhumuza spotlights the stories of girls who are making a difference on issues such as education and gender equality.

Kate Warren brings two decades of global development and digital media experience, covering and shaping the important conversations driving the Sustainable Development Goals. In her role as EVP and Executive Editor, Kate leads Devex’s special coverage including news events, Devex Pro, and other editorial initiatives tied to key moments on the global development calendar. Kate is a frequent speaker and author on human capital, leadership, skills development and trends in the social impact and global development space as well as LGBTQ youth rights.