Laura SAVAGE

Laura is known for her thinking on education system change and as a weaver of ideas and connections towards better education for those who most need it. 

Laura is currently Executive Director of the International Education Funders Group, the largest global network of philanthropic organisations working towards achieving SDG4. 

She is also a Research Associate at the REAL Centre, University of Cambridge. 

Laura was an aid founder for over 15 years, working for FCDO, AusAID and UNICEF, working particularly on the quality and use of evidence in education and placed within Ministries of Education to support coordination of aid behind government sector plans. 

Laura has lived and worked in Malaysia, Bangladesh and Malawi and holds a PhD from Cambridge on the politics of aid in national education reform.