Ian Brown

Ian Brown is the director of development and evaluation, based in the Salzburg office of Salzburg Global Seminar. In this role, he is responsible for resource mobilization and institutional partnership development as well as for the management and coordination of the organization's monitoring, evaluation and learning systems. Prior to rejoining Salzburg Global in September 2015, Ian served as donor and development relations officer at the University of Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, where he managed programs of the University's Institute of Public Policy and Administration and its Mountain Societies Research Institute and represented the interests of these, and the University as a whole, to partners including bilateral and multilateral development agencies, private foundations, and other universities and research institutes. Before joining the University, Ian served as fellowship manager at Salzburg Global, as well as holding other positions, including head program associate with the organization over the course of 10 years. Ian holds a B.A. in Russian from Middlebury College, VT, USA and an M.Sc. in international relations from University of Glasgow in Scotland, UK.