Brian Law // International Development Consultant

The Other Side

Alongside acting, Brian has spent over ten years building a separate career as an International Development Consultant specialising in monitoring, evaluation and learning — work that feeds a different but equally important part of who he is: curious, analytical, and drawn to understanding how the world works.

A lifelong learner with an instinct for following curiosity, his academic path spans architecture and urban planning (UMiami), Public Policy and International Development (LSE), and Finance (SOAS) — each one less a qualification than a genuine attempt to answer the next big question.

He works across education, social entrepreneurship, and economic development, with regional expertise in Africa and South Asia. The work has taken him across the world, opened unexpected doors, and sharpened a way of thinking that feeds directly back into his creative life. Clients include TetraTech International Development, Bodhi Global Analysis, and Oxford Policy Management, with projects funded by the FCDO, USAID, Mercy Corps and Save the Children.

He also provides strategy and evaluation services to arts organisations and heritage sites, a thread that keeps one foot firmly in the cultural sector.

Expertise and Experience

    • STRATEGY AND EVALUATION

      Impact assessments, Process evaluations, M&E results frameworks, Theory of Change analysis, Value for Money assessment, market analysis, feasibility studies

    • QUANTITATIVE FIELDWORK

      Methodology and sampling design, survey development, enumerator training, data management and quality control

    • QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS

      Descriptive statistics, regression analysis, causal analyses (RCTs, difference-in-difference, instrumental variables)

    • QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

      Document reviews, desk research, primary data collection (key informant interviews and focus group discussions), data synthesis

    • Master of Public Administration (Economic Policy) - The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), 2013-2015

    • MSc Finance - SOAS, University of London, 2021-2024 (Distance Learning)

    • Graduate Diploma in International Development - University of London International Programmes, 2012-2013 (Distance Learning)

    • Bachelor of Architecture - University of Miami, 2007-2012

    • Education

    • Employment and Entrepreneurship / Innovation

    • Economic development / Market-based approaches

    • Gender and Youth

    • Sustainability and resilience

    • Conflict

    • IN-COUNTRY EXPERIENCE
      Uganda, Kenya, Liberia, Tanzania, Malawi, Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Cambodia

    • REMOTE
      Afghanistan, Nigeria, DRC, Ghana, Guinea, Somali, Pakistan, Haiti, Philippines, Zambia, Cote D’Ivoire, Kyrgyzstan

    • DIRECT CLIENTS
      TetraTech International Development, Oxford Policy Management (OPM), Bodhi Global Analysis, Global Schools Forum (GSF), Global Partnership for Education (GPE), the World Bank, Cognoscere Consulting, Mercy Corps, Centre for Economic Performance (LSE), and various NGOs

    • INDIRECT CLIENTS
      UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), USAID, UNESCO, UNICEF, European Commission, Save the Children, Action for Hearing Loss, American Red Cross, and various international governments

Projects Examples

MEL reporting for Growth Gateway Programme’s various trade and investment interventions - Africa (regional), Cambodia, Kyrgyzstan, Zambia

Evaluation Consultant for TetraTech / FCDO
2024-2026

Ongoing Outcome Monitoring for Digital Opportunity Trust’s Going Beyond Project - Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Cote D’Ivoire

Evaluation Lead for Bodhi Global Analysis / DOT
2024-2026

Final Evaluation of British Council’s Learning Leadership for Gender Equity Programme - Kenya, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Zambia

Evaluation Lead for Bodhi / British Council
2025

Sustainability Support to the Land Portal Foundation, under the Land Facility Programme - Global

Evaluation Consultant for TetraTech / FCDO
2026

Assessment of potential topics for ICAI’s Phase 4 reviews - Global

Evaluation Lead for DAI / ICAI
2023

Final Programme Evaluation of Mercy Corps’ LEEP and PROSPECTS youth employment and entrepreneurship programme - Liberia

Evaluation Lead for Bodhi / Mercy Corps
2021, 2022

Rapid Reviews of CIVIC’s Protection of Civilians (POC) Mobile Training Tool, under the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) Programme - Nigeria

Evaluation Lead for TetraTech / FCDO
2020, 2022

Evaluation of USAID’s Strengthening Capacity in Agriculture, Livelihoods and Environment (SCALE) Programme - Global

Evaluation Lead for Bodhi / Mercy Corps & USAID
2022

Review of FCDO’s Mozambique Skills for Employment Programme (JOBA)’s Value for Money (VfM) approach - Mozambique

Evaluation Lead for TetraTech / FCDO
2021-2022

Evaluations of SPRING, an accelerator programme in Asia/Africa that supported education-related businesses targeting girls - Global

Evaluation Consultant for TetraTech / FCDO
2018-2020

Evaluation of Museum of Colour’s These Things Matter exhibition - UK

Evaluation Lead for Museum of Colour
2023