David Stevenson

David Stevenson is Executive Director at the African Development Bank representing Canada, China, Korea, Turkey and Kuwait. Mr. Stevenson is dedicated to supporting African led economic and social progress, which he has witnessed and contributed to over a 25-year career in humanitarian diplomacy and development including leadership positions in government, private sector and multilateral agencies. He has a broad range of experience from directing complex operations on the frontlines of conflict and natural disasters, to designing and leading innovative global initiatives, to negotiating development policy approvals, funding decisions, humanitarian access and private/public partnership deals. He  has served as accredited UN World Food Program Representative in Rwanda and Zambia, as the most senior Canadian official at WFP headquarters leading  a  transformational change from food aid to food assistance  that continues to drive the world’s largest humanitarian agency, as Director General at CIDA, and as  Managing Director at the Howard  G. Buffett Foundation. Mr. Stevenson graduated with honours in Political Science at University of Calgary and has a masters degree from Queens University. He is married to Alessandra Uneddu, a proud national of Rome Italy. They are also proud of their two active trilingual teenagers.