Brian Mckay is an International Development, Monitoring, and Evaluation expert with over 35 years of experience in international programs and project management, monitoring and evaluation, business and strategic planning, organizational development, and change management. He has worked in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors and has lived in Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America.
As an expert for the Technical Assistance Partnership—Expert Deployment Mechanism (TAP-EDM), Brian, along with two other Canadian experts, Yvon Bertrand and Bill Anderson, is working collaboratively with the Zambian Ministry of Commerce to identify Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) gaps in Zambia’s food and agricultural trade regulations and strengthen the country’s experts’ ability to manage them. Brian has also completed a project with Yvon Bertrand, Martin Gooch, and Delia Bucknell, with the Government of Guyana and the Ministry of Agriculture. Their work supports the development of the fruit agro-processing sector in Guyana, focusing on providing technical assistance in supply chain management, market research, and product development.
Brian has facilitated strategic planning sessions for national government departments, UN agencies and regional organizations. He is able to design, deliver and facilitate sessions from small to large groups. A seasoned evaluator, Brian conducted over 25 evaluations in the last ten years, including several international assessments for the World Health Organization (WHO), the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and Global Affairs Canada.
Based in Canada, Brian is a Partner at TDV Global Inc. He has a Master of Arts in International Affairs from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University and an Honours Bachelor of Arts with a Specialist Certificate in International Development Studies from the University of Toronto. Brian is a Credentialed Evaluator (CE) with the Canadian Evaluation Society and is certified in Prosci Change Management Process, and Certified Management Consultant (CMC).