Rina Badran Lizarazo is a project support officer and works with researchers, knowledge and communications specialists across the institute.

Rina is responsible for providing project support in both the Business, Markets and the State and the Cities Clusters, as well as supporting the coordination and development of funding proposals. Rina also has a keen interest in the role of business in development, as well as in rural development. She has experience working in the public and private sector, and NGOs in Colombia. She holds a project management qualification and completed her MA in Globalisation, Business and Development  at the Institute of Development Studies in 2022.