<p>William Smith joined ODI in October 2012. He is project leader on the AusAid Business Development Exchange project. William has a background working on private sector and rural development, with a focus on financial services and agriculture. He specialises in Southeast Asia having lived and worked in Vietnam and Indonesia over a twenty year period, working with the Ford Foundation, the World Council of Credit Unions, the SIDA funded Vietnam Sweden Mountain Rural Development Programme, ActionAid and as an independent consultant with a range of donors and NGOs.</p>

William Smith joined ODI in October 2012. He is project leader on the AusAid Business Development Exchange project. William has a background working on private sector and rural development, with a focus on financial services and agriculture. He specialises in Southeast Asia having lived and worked in Vietnam and Indonesia over a twenty year period, working with the Ford Foundation, the World Council of Credit Unions, the SIDA funded Vietnam Sweden Mountain Rural Development Programme, ActionAid and as an independent consultant with a range of donors and NGOs.