Siiri de Oliveira Palas

Siiri joined the British Asian Trust in 2025 as Senior Programme Fundraising Manager – Institutional Partnerships, leading engagement and strategy with governments and multilateral organisations, with a particular focus on outcomes-based financing. She brings over 12 years of experience in international development, specialising in programme design, donor engagement and consortium building, and has mobilised an eight-figure sum from institutional donors including FCDO, the EU, UN and USAID.

Siiri is particularly interested in pioneering innovative financing models to unlock scale for development and holds an MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science.