DavidThomson is Director of Policy and Programmes at World Vision UK. He has worked in international relief and development for 20 years in Afghanistan, Armenia, Kenya, Liberia, Russia, Sudan and Uganda with Medair, Merlin, Tearfund and World Vision. David holds an MSc in Development Practice from Oxford Brookes University. He has been with World Vision since 2002, first as national director in Armenia and then as Director of Global Strategy for the World Vision Partnership.