Dr. Mayne is an independent advisor on public sector performance. Over the last 11 years he has focused largely on international development evaluation and results based management work. He has been working with a number of government, NGOs and international organizations. He has authored numerous articles and reports, including several on contribution analysis, and co-edited eight books on program evaluation and performance monitoring. In 1989 and in 1995, he was awarded the Canadian Evaluation Society Award for Contribution to Evaluation in Canada. In 2006, he was made a Canadian Evaluation Society Fellow.

Dr. Mayne’s current research interests are on approaches for strengthening impact evaluation, useful theories of change and dealing with attribution.