Brendan Michael Hayes is a health specialist focusing on SRH and rights for the Global Financing Facility (GFF) based with the World Bank in Kampala. Before joining the GFF in 2017, he spent 8 years working for Marie Stopes International (MSI), leading private sector service delivery of family planning and reproductive health services. Prior to that, he had spent 4 years working in MSI’s program in Malawi. He began his career working on HIV prevention and impact mitigation efforts in Swaziland. He holds an undergraduate degree from St. Lawrence University and a master’s degree from University College Dublin.