Isa Miah

Specialism: Education and International Development

Term of membership: May 2023 – May 2026

Isa is Programme Director at Chemonics, a major international development consultancy, with a 47-year history and a track record for delivering integrated solutions across multiple sectors and geographies to support the achievement of sustainable development goals. As Programme Director, Isa is responsible for the delivery of a range of programmes that cover thematic areas that include Education, Conflict and Human Development.

Isa has over eighteen years’ experience working in international development, 11 of which was spent with Oxfam in programme leadership, change management and country director roles. Isa has lived and worked in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Jordan, Thailand, Pakistan and Zambia as well as having worked in over a dozen other countries. In other roles, Isa worked with Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai where he directed the international programmes of Malala Fund. Isa also led the UK fundraising of Muslim Aid and was a youth worker with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Isa has an MSc in Globalisation & Development from SOAS, University of London, a Postgraduate Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and a BA in Political Science & Government from the University of Greenwich.

Isa lives in Essex with his wife and three small children. When time allows, he can be found in the garden trying to grow all manner of vegetables, with a particular interest in chillies.