Laure Bedecarrax

Partnerships Manager

Laure manages a portfolio of grants in the cross-border region between Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, as well as in East Africa and the Middle East. She also supports AKF’s donor cultivation and fundraising efforts to establish and maintain effective partnerships with a variety of institutional and corporate donors.

Laure joined the UK office in 2021 as a Partnerships Officer, after working on a multi-stakeholder European Commission climate change initiative, monitoring climate innovation projects and managing calls for proposals funded by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology. Laure holds an MA in International Development from the University of Warwick and a BA in Politics and International Relations from the University of Kent.