Samantha Attridge is a development finance expert who leads ODI’s research on blended finance and development banks. Between 2009 and 2016, she was Head of Development Finance at the Commonwealth. Previously she was Deputy Director of Sovereign Debt Management and Capital Market Development consultancy at Crown Agents.  She is a qualified Chartered Accountant (ACA) with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).