"Our hope is that CIFF’s journey will be useful for all
who aim to make development more impactful."

Peter McDermott is the Managing Director of CIFF and serves as a member of the CIFF US Board of Trustees. Prior to assuming this role, he served as Chief of the HIV/AIDS section in the program division at UNICEF headquarters in New York. Before his appointment in 2004, he served as Principal Advisor for HIV/AIDS in the Africa Bureau of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), a post he held while on loan from UNICEF. Peter has a distinguished career with UNICEF, having held positions in Africa, Europe and the US over the last 21 years. These include: UNICEF representative to Lusaka, Zambia; Deputy Director of Emergency Programs in Geneva, Switzerland; and Senior Program Officer of Emergency Operations at the New York headquarters. Peter received his Bachelor of Arts from York University in England and a Master of Science degree from the London School of Economics. He also became a registered practical nurse (RPN) at St. George's Hospital in England.