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Copyright 2004 World Vision Inc. |  | Ian Curtis is director of World Vision's relief and development programs in Iraq, which include rebuilding and equipping schools and health clinics, improving water and sanitation systems and delivering relief supplies.
Before joining World Vision in 1978, Curtis worked in the banking and airline industries as well as in full-time church ministry.Curtis' first positions at World Vision were as a quality control officer for sponsorship programs in Indonesia and as associate director for administration and finance.
In 1979, Curtis moved to Singapore and took over as deputy director of World Vision’s program in Cambodia, providing logistics help for relief efforts following the end of the Pol Pot regime. In addition, he served as deputy director of the Seasweep program, through which World Vision rescued thousands of Vietnamese “boat people” stranded in the South China Sea after fleeing Vietnam in the aftermath of its civil war.
After working in Bangladesh from 1981 to 1983, Curtis moved to World Vision's office in Australia. Between 1983 and 1994, Curtis established the Australia office's International Programs Group. During that time, Curtis served six-months as Director of Administration for World Vision's response to the deadly famine in Ethiopia in 1984 and 1985.
Between 1994 and 1998, Curtis moved through several executive-level positions including senior policy advisor to the CEO of World Vision Australia. In 1998, he accepted a position as National Director for World Vision's programs in Azerbaijan. He returned to Australia and his former position in 2002.
Curtis earned a bachelor's degree in Southeast Asian Studies at Monash University and has attended the Winter Executive Development Program at the Graduate School of Business at the University of Melbourne. He speaks proficient Bahasa Indonesia.
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