Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office overview
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office contact information
Offices
Room WG.75, King Charles Street, London, SW1A 2AH, United KingdomContacts
| Name | Job title | Location | |
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Key Contact Mr. Siddharth Vishwanathan | Job titleHead of Investment, Foreign Direct Investment | LocationLondon, United Kingdom | Email  ------- |
| Ms. Athirah Azmi | Job titleSenior Investment Manager, British High Commission, Kuala Lumpur | LocationLondon, United Kingdom | Email --------- |
| Ms. Charlotte Brooks | Job titleHead of Sustainability Operations | LocationLondon, United Kingdom | Email ---------- |
| Mr. Tim Jones | Job titleFinance Director | LocationLondon, United Kingdom | Email ---------- |
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office fund commitments
Known fund commitments: 14
| Fund | Manager | Commitment date | Commitment size |
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Manager --------- | Commitment dateMar 2026 | Commitment size- | |
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Stories that mention Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
CDC on how creating jobs relieves poverty
As private sources of capital warm to the idea of impact investing, there is much they can learn from DFIs, say Clarisa De Franco and Yasemin Saltuk Lamy of the UK’s CDC Group, which has been deploying capital for positive outcomes for over 70 years
CDC to overhaul remuneration scheme
The state-backed development group will have to strike a new balance between attracting top-tier talent and keeping pay in line with its mandate as an investor in impoverished regions.
Laing to step down from CDC
In a ‘blow’ to African private equity, Richard Laing will quit the development-focused fund of funds in early 2012 after the completion of a government review of its activities.
West African fund targets up to $500m
African Capital Alliance has attracted a $50m commitment from UK government-owned fund of funds CDC Group.
Campbell Lutyens advises on CDC reorganisation
CDC Group, the $1.5bn UK government-owned risk capital provider to private companies in poorer countries, is changing its organisational structure ahead of an external fundraising effort.
British CDC buys Asian power assets
The former Commonwealth Development Corporation is to invest a total of $127m in two Bangladeshi energy companies from AES Corporation.
CDC invests in African power plants
UK government-owned private equity investor CDC Group has acquired two power assets from AES in a $329m transaction.