Evaluator perspective
| Author | Penny Hawkins |
| Published date | 01 March 2020 |
| Date | 01 March 2020 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/1035719X20911502 |
| Subject Matter | Evaluator perspective |
https://doi.org/10.1177/1035719X20911502
Evaluation Journal of Australasia
2020, Vol. 20(1) 53 –56
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Evaluator perspective
Penny Hawkins is an evaluation specialist with extensive experience in international
development evaluation and public policy across a wide range of sectors and organisa-
tions. Penny is the former Head of Evaluation, UK Department for International
Development (DFID). Over the past two decades, she has held evaluation leadership
and management roles in the government and philanthropic sectors, including at The
Rockefeller Foundation and as Head of Evaluation for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and Trade (NZAID) and Social Development, New Zealand. Penny has also held inter-
national evaluation leadership roles, including as Chair of the Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and Development–Development Assistance Committee
(OECD-DAC) Network on Development Evaluation (2013–2016) and as a former
President and current Fellow of the Australasian Evaluation Society (AES).
How did you become involved in evaluation?
I started out in social research and I realised there were more job opportunities in
evaluation that seemed more interesting and purposeful, so it felt like the right move
into evaluation from research. Once I was deeply into it, my career took off and one
role led to another! I was once told on a management course that I think like an entre-
preneur, meaning that I see opportunities on the horizon and go for them as new
adventures. I consider myself fortunate in getting the roles I did during my career in
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