Paul Horrocks

Paul Horrocks is Head of the Private Finance for Sustainable Development Unit at the OECD Development Co-operation Directorate. Paul is working on a number of initiatives aiming at encouraging greater private sector investment into developing countries, in particular on policies and approaches that governments can adopt in order to scale up and mainstream Blended Finance.

Prior to this, Paul was a Senior Executive in Fiscal Group of the Australian Federal Treasury, working on the domestic infrastructure market but also providing policy advise during Australia’s G20 presidency on international infrastructure policy challenges more broadly. Paul has over a decade of Senior leadership at the European Institutions in Brussels, leading in particular on European capital markets deepening policies and infrastructure projects with the European Investment Bank. Paul has degrees from the University of Wales, and Masters from the University of Liverpool as well as an Executive MBA from Vlerick Business School in Belgium.