Gemma Norrington-Davies
Interim Managing Director
Gemma is Interim Managing Director at Agulhas Applied Knowledge, responsible for the overall leadership of the company and its strategic direction across climate, development and governance portfolios. She has been a core member of the Agulhas team since 2017.
Gemma brings 20 years experience delivering research, evaluation and advisory assignments in more than 25 countries, with a focus on East and Southern Africa and South and Southeast Asia. Her technical work centres on climate change, just transition, migration and adaptive development programming. She has led large assignments for clients including the UK’s Independent Commission for Aid Impact, the Initiative for Climate Action Transparency, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, the International Labour Organisation and the Green Climate Fund’s Independent Evaluation Unit.
Previously, Gemma worked for the UK’s Department for International Development (now the FCDO), supporting delivery of the UK government’s humanitarian and governance work in Somalia.
Key work skills
Gemma is particularly interested in how evidence and learning can inform more effective and equitable responses to complex global climate and development challenges.
She has a BA in Geography from Leeds University and a MSc in International Development from the Open University.
Other interests
Based between Kenya and South Africa, Gemma enjoys being active and outdoors. At weekends she is often found on a trail or up a mountain, and when at home she loves cooking for friends and getting lost in a good book.
