Anna Giulia Ponchia is an international development professional with several years of experience working in the public health, research, and social innovation sectors. Her interests include scaling innovations, ecosystem strengthening, and the application of innovations in humanitarian settings.
At Results for Development (R4D), Ms. Ponchia works as a senior program associate for the scaling innovation team. In this role, she helps coordinate the Million Lives Collective, an initiative aimed at raising awareness and supporting the scale of innovations with an impact of one million lives. She also supports working groups and task forces in the International Development Innovation Alliance (IDIA). Her work for IDIA includes developing a framework for the co-creation of AI (artificial intelligence) policies and programs and supporting IDIA’s market shaping and innovative finance work.
Prior to joining R4D, Ms. Ponchia was part of the governance team at the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health at the World Health Organization. In this role, she facilitated the preparation and coordination for high-level meetings and advised the partnership’s governance strategy.
Ms. Ponchia also worked as a trade officer at the British Chamber of Commerce in Mexico, where she advised British companies on doing business in Mexico. In this role, she supported several acquisitions of a Mexican retailers and specialized in Latin American trade and development.
Ms. Ponchia holds a master’s degree in international development and humanitarian emergencies from the London School of Economics, and a BA from the University of Warwick. She is a native Italian speaker, and speaks fluent English, Spanish, and French.
