Mark Lowcock

Sir Mark Lowcock
KCB
Mark Lowcock in 2018
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
In office
12 May 2017 (2017-05-12) – 19 July 2021 (2021-07-19)
Secretary-GeneralAntónio Guterres
Preceded byStephen O'Brien
Succeeded byMartin Griffiths
Permanent Secretary of the Department for International Development
In office
9 June 2011 (2011-06-09) – September 2017 (2017-09)
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Theresa May
Personal details
Born
Mark Andrew Lowcock

(1962-07-25) 25 July 1962 (age 62)
NationalityBritish
SpouseJulia Watson
Children3
EducationCulford School
Alma mater
OccupationEconomist, accountant

Sir Mark Andrew Lowcock[1] KCB (born 25 July 1962) is a British economist and accountant who served as the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (the head of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) between 2017 and 2021. Prior to his appointment by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on 12 May 2017, Lowcock was the Permanent Secretary of the Department for International Development (DFID) from June 2011 to September 2017.[2]

He is currently Chair of the Board of Trustees of the University of London.[3] From June 2024 to June 2025 he is Vice President of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy.[4] He is a visiting professor in practice at the Department of International Development at the London School of Economics[5] and Distinguished Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Global Development[6] in Washington, DC. He is also a Trustee/Director and vice-chair of The Howard Partnership Trust, a multi-academy trust of schools (including for children with learning disabilities) in Surrey. From November 2024 he will be a Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy in Berlin.[7]

  1. ^ "New Year's Honours list 2017" (PDF). Gov.uk. Government Digital Service. 30 December 2016. p. 5. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Secretary-General Appoints Mark Lowcock of United Kingdom Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Emergency Relief Coordinator". United Nations.
  3. ^ "University of London Our People". 13 September 2024.
  4. ^ "CIPFA Board".
  5. ^ "News". London School of Economics and Political Science. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Mark Lowcock". Center For Global Development. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Richard von Weizsäcker Fellowship".