Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is made up of 10 to 13 members including a patient advocate, with each of six Founding Partners nominating one board member. In principle, Board members serve for a term of four years. The Board of Directors elects the Chair, the Secretary and the Treasurer among its members. The Board of Directors is then free to appoint up to 5 additional board members that fill skill areas not represented by the board members appointed by the Founding Partners or the patient advocate. The Chair of SAC and the Executive director are permanent invitees.

Marcel Tanner, Chair; Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)
Els Torreele, Secretary; Open Society Foundations
Derrick Wong, Treasurer; non-profit management consultant
Alice Dautry, Institut Pasteur, France
Abul Faiz, Patient representative; Sir Salimullah Medical College, Bangladesh
Unni Karunakara, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
Position vacant, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
Position vacant, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)
Datuk Mohd Ismail Merican, Health Ministry of Malaysia
Carlos Morel, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Brazil
Bennett Shapiro, PureTech Ventures, formerly with Merck & Co., USA
Paulina Tindana, Patient representative; Navrongo Health Research Centre, Ghana
TDR (Permanent Observer of Board), Switzerland