Sam is a Senior Consultant who joined Ergon in 2018. His work encompasses both research and advisory support on policy development and strategic planning for governments, international organisations, and private companies, as well as in-country technical cooperation and direct work with clients on project implementation.

Sam’s recent work includes projects for the International Labour Organization (ILO) and other UN agencies, the World Bank Group, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Interamerican Development Bank, the European Commission, and various corporate clients on a wide range of labour, employment, and policy issues. Sam’s areas of particular expertise include:

• Decent work, job quality, and international labour standards
• Inclusive labour market and skills development – analysis, policy, programming
• Just transition implications and practical responses for policymakers, institutional investors, private organizations
• Gender and inclusion in the workplace

Sam has worked across many emerging and developing economies, with particular expertise in Latin America and the Caribbean, Southern and Eastern Europe, and Central Asia.

Before joining Ergon, Sam was a postdoctoral research associate in London, where his research focused on the labour, employment, and governance aspects of economic development and policy. Sam holds an MA in Latin American Studies and a PhD in Comparative Politics, both from University College London.