Alastair Norris is a Financial Sector Specialist with the World Bank Group's Crisis and Disaster Risk Financing team. Alastair predominantly works with governments and international organizations, supporting countries to build greater financial resilience to protect those most vulnerable to disasters. His projects are focused mostly in South and Southeast Asia.
Prior to working at the World Bank, Alastair gained development experience working in Nepal following the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake and prior to this worked as a senior consultant in the Solutions Practice at Risk Management Solutions (RMS), where he worked with public and private clients across the insurance and resilience sectors. Alastair holds a Master’s Degree in Civil and Architectural Engineering from the University of Bath.