Sam McPherson

Sam McPherson is a Partner at Itad and co-leads the work on health and education. Sam also manages the relationships with external partners and the business development team.

Sam has over 25 years of experience in international development. He has extensive programmatic expertise in HIV/AIDS issues, vaccines, health systems, community engagement, global health security, education, and climate change. He is a specialist in organizational, impact, portfolio, and fund-level evaluations, theories of change, strategic planning, monitoring and reporting systems, value for money assessments, adaptive management and training, and capacity building.

Prior to joining Itad, he was Associate Director of Field Programmes at the HIV/ AIDS Alliance, where he led the work of the Planning Analysis and Learning Unit across 42 countries. He also previously worked at PLAN International and the European Commission.

Sam holds an international master’s degree in practicing management, as well as an MPhil in development studies. He is a trustee for Tackle Africa.