Darren Welch joined the UK Department for International Development (DFID) in 2007. He initially worked as Head of Information and Communications in the Communications Division, before becoming Head of DFID’s office in Tanzania from 2008 to 2011. He then spent four years working in Brussels at the UK’s Representation to the EU, in the role of Counsellor for Trade, Development, Africa, Asia & the Americas. In 2015-16, Darren was Head of the International Team at the UK’s Joint Syrian Resettlement Programme and in 2016-17, Head of DFID’s Migration and Modern Slavery Department. Since Spring 2017, Darren has been DFID’s Director of Policy, based in London. Prior to joining DFID, he worked in development consultancy, for the Government of Bermuda, and in a range of roles at the UK’s Cabinet Office.
