# Lawrence Haddad

Lawrence James Haddad (born 17 June 1959), is a British economist whose main research interests are the intersection of poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition, including poverty dynamics, social capital, HIV/AIDS, social protection, agriculture and poverty, and women's empowerment.He is the Executive Director of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition and Chair of the Board of Bite Back 2030. == Education and career == Lawrence became the Executive Director of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), an international organisation launched at the United Nations in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition, in October 2016. In 2019, Lawrence accepted the role of Chair of the Board of Bite Back 2030, an initiative set up to achieve a world where all young people have the opportunity to be healthy, no matter where they live.