Karin Tang
For the past two decades, Karin has been designing, implementing, managing, monitoring and evaluating programmes in the international development sector, including community development projects across Africa and Asia. Currently a Programme Director with the UBS Optimus Foundation, she has worked with multilateral donors such as the World Bank, the ADB, the IFC and UN agencies;…
Karin Tang:
For the past two decades, Karin has been designing, implementing, managing, monitoring and evaluating programmes in the international development sector, including community development projects across Africa and Asia. Currently a Programme Director with the UBS Optimus Foundation, she has worked with multilateral donors such as the World Bank, the ADB, the IFC and UN agencies;…
For the past two decades, Karin has been designing, implementing, managing, monitoring and evaluating programmes in the international development sector, including community development projects across Africa and Asia.
Currently a Programme Director with the UBS Optimus Foundation, she has worked with multilateral donors such as the World Bank, the ADB, the IFC and UN agencies; bilaterals, including the EU, the FCDO/DFID in the UK, Danida in Denmark, SIDA in Sweden, and SECO and SDC in Switzerland; as well as specialist organisations, such as the Construction Sector Transparency Initiative.
To the Energies Group team, Karin brings thematic experience in climate and resilience, gender, cities, local governance, service delivery, transparency, multi-donor mechanisms and aid effectiveness.
She has an MSc in International Development, a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism Studies and an MA in Modern & Medieval Languages.