Josephat Mutale is a development and public health professional with 26 years of experience spanning community development, livelihoods, public health, HIV, gender, technical assistance, programme management, strategy, innovation and market systems development. He began his career in 2001 with Plan International and has since worked with leading international development organisations including FHI 360, Population Council, IntraHealth International, GOPA, ICCISRA and International Development Enterprises (iDE) Zambia. Throughout his career, Josephat has built progressive experience in technical leadership, programme development, organizational strategy, innovation and implementation, working across complex development and public health programmes in Zambia. As Director of atrategy & Iinnovation at iDE Zambia, Josephat provides strategic oversight across Measurement, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI), Last-Mile Delivery, Nutrition and WASH, while supporting organizational strategy, programme innovation, market systems development, learning and sustainable programme impact. Josephat holds a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Development Studies, a Bachelor’s Degree in Social and Behavioural Science, and a Diploma in Business Management and Administration. His 26-year career reflects a progression from community-level development to technical expertise, programme leadership and strategic organizational leadership, bringing to iDE Zambia a broad combination of development, public health, gender, market systems and organizational strategy experience.