CV

Curriculum vitae of Matthew Kuch: management consultant in global health, previously Gavi, Clinton Health Access Initiative and Deloitte Consulting.

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Strategy and implementation management consultant with over 13 years across private and public sector programmes. I work with global, national and local leadership teams, governments, development partners and donors on coordination and accountability systems, through technical assistance in strategy development, programme delivery, process improvement and performance management.

Areas of expertise: programme strategy and delivery · global public health · grants and portfolio financial management · sustainable health systems financing.

Experience

Partner and Strategic Advisor

BK Advisors · July 2024 – present

Advisory work with global health clients on strategy, delivery and financial management. Selected engagements:

  • Clinton Health Access Initiative, Papua New Guinea (2025) — HPV vaccine scale-up strategy for cervical cancer prevention.
  • UNICEF (2025) — polio vaccine management and last-mile delivery strategy.
  • Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (2024) — grants and portfolio financial management.

Programme Manager, Country Support

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance · December 2021 – June 2024 · Geneva

  • Managed the Kenya and Lesotho country portfolios, over US$60 million a year.
  • Led joint appraisals, mid-term reviews and health system strengthening investment plans.
  • Supported COVAX engagement through the pandemic response.
  • Seconded to the Lesotho Ministry of Health as Gavi Country Liaison Officer.

Technical Manager

Clinton Health Access Initiative · August 2019 – July 2021 · Uganda

  • Led the vaccines delivery and supply chain workstream.
  • Ran the programme management office.
  • Drove the pilot-to-scale decision on last-mile vaccine delivery.

Senior Program Coordinator

Clinton Health Access Initiative · July 2017 – July 2019 · Uganda

  • Performance management for the Expanded Programme on Immunisation.
  • Vaccine supply chain and logistics; ordering and stock management with National Medical Stores and UNEPI.

Program Analyst

Clinton Health Access Initiative · July 2015 – July 2017 · Lesotho and Uganda

  • Built data collection and analysis tooling in SurveyCTO/ODK, R and Excel.
  • Produced GIS maps, charts and dashboards for programme decision-making.
  • Developed the Lesotho health financing planning and budgeting tool, and led resource mapping.

Management Consultant

Deloitte Consulting · April 2012 – July 2014 · Uganda and Tanzania

  • Grants management for the USAID/DFID-funded Civil Society Fund.
  • Pre-award assessments, monitoring and evaluation, and advisory support.

Education

MSc, International Development and Management Lund University, Sweden · 2014–2016
BSc, Accounting and Finance (General Course) London School of Economics · 2009–2010
BA, Physics and Economics Wheaton College, Massachusetts · 2007–2011

Awards

  • United World Colleges Scholar, 2005–2007
  • Davis Scholar, 2007–2011
  • Eunice Caldwell Leadership Award, Wheaton College, May 2009

Skills

Analysis and tooling — R (advanced), Excel (advanced), Quarto, SQL, GIS, SurveyCTO/ODK, D3.js and Svelte for interactive data visualisation.

Languages — English.

Contact

kuch.matthew@gmail.com · LinkedIn · GitHub · Kampala, Uganda