Rowland is a program monitoring and evaluation specialist and has been key in, within the past two decades, the design and implementation of various programmes in Eastern Africa. His Programme management experience has ranged from early grade learning research, water safety and health, livelihoods and education in emergencies, health and nutrition, transition to scale programmes, governance and (research) grant management. Rowland is involved in the programme management roles of Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning activities for programmes at the African Academy of Science (AAS), which include ARISE. Rowland has a BSc Medical Microbiology, MSc Computing and Information Systems, MA and DPhil in Project Planning and Management. Most recently, co-lead authorship of the AAS 2023-2027 Strategic Plan.