Jared Rowell has been working in Afghanistan since 2018, and has worked as the Country Director for Danish Refugee Council in the country since 2020. He is currently responsible for a team of 700 staff working in five out of six regions in the country in the sectors of humanitarian response, water sanitation and hygiene (WASH), protection, humanitarian disarmament and peacebuilding, and economic recovery.
Prior to Afghanistan, Mr. Rowell has worked in various countries throughout the Middle East, East Africa, and South and East Asia.