Caroline Kende-Robb

Caroline Kende-Robb (born 23 May 1963, Fleetwood, England) is a Senior Adviser at the African Center for Economic Transformation, a Pan-African think tank influencing policy across Africa and globally to support Africa’s long-term growth through transformation. Early life and education Kende-Robb was born in Fleetwood and grew up in Anchorsholme, a suburb of Blackpool, in the early sixties. Her mother Ann Robb was a school teacher and her father, Robert Laundry Thomas Robb, was a fighter pilot who flew Spitfires during the World War II. Kende-Robb is the sister of John Robb, a British music journalist, author, punk musician, and social commentator and Alastair Robb a British diplomat working in the field of health and social change. Kende-Robb graduated from Liverpool University, where she earned a BA (Hons) in Geography, and completed a MSc in Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Career