Tariq Khokhar joined the World Bank in June 2011 as our Open Data Evangelist. His interests lie where technology, transparency, poverty and data meet. Prior to joining the Bank , Tariq led innovation and community engagement work at Aidinfo and the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). He was formerly a director of Bond UK and the Chief Development Officer of Aptivate, where he delivered technology policy, strategy and implementation projects for governments, NGOs and international organisations across the developing world. Tariq is a graduate of the University of Cambridge and he lives in Washington DC with his wife.