Marie Staunton

Marie Staunton was appointed as the new Chair for The Strategic Coherence of ODA-funded Research (SCOR) Board in May 2021, replacing Professor Peter Piot, who served as the first chair since November 2017.

Marie Staunton has over 25 years of international development and human rights experience, with a broad career in the public, private and NGO sectors. Having qualified as a lawyer, she has worked on many human rights issues and held senior positions at Pearson and UNICEF UK. She has also served as Chief Executive Officer of the child-centred development agency, Plan UK and Plan Canada. Marie currently Chairs the Board at SOAS University and has been on the boards of a variety of local, national and international organisations including the Disasters Emergency Committee, the EU Fundamental Rights Agency and Amnesty International.