Director

Stephen Cutts

Steve Cutts joined the Commonwealth Secretariat as Director of the Strategic Planning and Evaluation Division in August 2008.

In this capacity, he has overall responsibility for the Secretariat’s planning, evaluation and civil society liaison activities, as well as for servicing all the Secretariat’s Governing Bodies, providing policy advice on the future role of the Commonwealth, and supporting the “Respect and Understanding” initiative.

Following earlier careers in insurance, teaching and the UK Civil Service, Mr. Cutts spent 11 years at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), as an export credits negotiator and policy analyst, as the Executive Assistant to two Deputy Secretaries-General and then as the Director and Head of the Office of the Secretary-General.

Immediately prior to joining the Commonwealth Secretariat, Mr. Cutts worked as the Executive Director of the Africa Initiative at INSEAD Business School. Mr. Cutts holds a First Class Honours Degree in English Literature and American Studies (University of Keele), a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education (University of Lancaster) and an Executive MBA (INSEAD).