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Board of Directors

DNDi is governed by a Board of Directors that approves project selection and sets policies governing intellectual property, financial control, and ethics.

The Board consists of representatives from six of DNDi’s founding partners, a patient advocate who represents the communities we serve, and up to eight other members with additional required skills, knowledge, or experience.

A representative of the World Health Organization (as represented by UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases) and the Chair of the DNDi Scientific Advisory Committee are permanent observers. The DNDi Executive Director is a permanent invitee.

In addition, our regional offices are governed by Boards of Directors.

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Dr Marie-Paule Kieny
Marie-Paule Kieny

DNDi Board Chair

Director of Research, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (Inserm)
Paul Herrling
Paul Herrling

DNDi Board Secretary

Formerly Novartis International
FredericVallat2019
Frédéric Vallat

DNDi Board Treasurer

HR and Finance Director, Fire and Rescue Service, Ville de Genève
AlwynMwinga2019
Alwyn Mwinga

DNDi Board Patient representative

CEO ZAMBART Project, Zambia
NoorHishamAbdullah2019
Noor Hisham Abdullah
Director General of Health, Ministry of Health, Malaysia
Rajiv Bahl
Rajiv Bahl
Secretary to Government of India, Department of Health Research and Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research
JorgeBermudez
Jorge Bermudez
Head of Department of Policies for Pharmaceutical Drugs and Assistance (NAF) of the National School of Public Health (Ensp/Fiocruz)
Chris Bird
Chris Bird
General Counsel and Company Secretary, Wellcome
Christos Christou
Christos Christou
International President, Médecins Sans Frontières
StewartCole2019
Stewart Cole
President, Institut Pasteur
Silvia Gold
Silvia Gold
President, Mundo Sano Foundation
SuerieMoon2019
Suerie Moon
Co-Director, Global Health Centre and Professor of Practice, Science Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
BernardOgutu2019
Bernhards Ogutu
Chief Research Officer, KEMRI
Kristine Husoy Onarheim
Kristine Husøy Onarheim
Affiliated Researcher, University of Berge
John Reeder
John Reeder

DNDi Board Permanent Observer

Director, WHO-TDR
Luis Pizarro, DNDi Executive Director (as of Sept 2022)
Luis Pizarro
Executive Director and DNDi Board Permanent Invitee
Nick White
Nick White

DNDi Scientific Advisory Committee Chair and DNDi Board Permanent Invitee

Professor of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University and Oxford University

Scientific Advisory Committee

The DNDi Scientific Advisory Committee provides independent and exclusively evidence-driven recommendations to the Board of Directors on matters related to research and development and choice of projects.

The Committee is composed of prominent scientists with drug discovery and development expertise, as well as medical and public health experts with disease-specific expertise or expertise with specific neglected populations
(e.g. children).

The Committee operates independently of the Board of Directors and the Global Executive Team. The Board of Directors approves the selection of Committee members.

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Nick White
Nick White

DNDi Scientific Advisory Committee Chair and DNDi Board Permanent Invitee

Professor of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University and Oxford University
Rashmi Barbhaiya
Rashmi Barbhaiya
Founder & former CEO and Managing Director Advinus Therapeutics
Mike Barrett
Mike Barrett
Professor of Biochemical Parasitology, University of Glasgow
Kirana Bhatt
Kirana Bhatt
Professor of Medicine, University of Nairobi
Pierre-Etionne Bost
Pierre-Etienne Bost
Formerly Institut Pasteur
Pierre Buffet
Pierre Buffet
Medical Director, Institut Pasteur
Joseph Camardo
Joseph Camardo
Physician Consultant
Andre Daher
Andre Daher
Head of Clinical Research, Farmanguinhos/FIOCRUZ
Walderez Dutra
Walderez Dutra
Head of the Cell-cell Interactions laboratory, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Valérie Faillat
Valérie Faillat
Head of the Sanofi Espoir Foundation
Lisa Frigati
Lisa Frigati
Senior Registrar, Tygerberg Hospital
Dale Kempf
Dale Kempf
Distinguished Research Fellow and Director of Neglected Diseases Research, AbbVie
Steve King
Steve King
Former VP, Development Sciences, AbbVie
Lois Larsen
Lois Larsen
Former Sr. Director of Statistics, Infectious Disease at AbbVie
Lucy Lum Chai See
Lucy Lum Chai See
Senior Consultant and Honorary Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Malaya Medical Center
Tomo Nozaki
Tomoyoshi Nozaki
Professor at the Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, & President, Japanese Society of Parasitology
Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan
Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan
Deputy Director General of Health (Research and Technical Support), Ministry of Health, Malaysia
Yves Ribeill
Yves J. Ribeill
Founder and former CEO of Scynexis, Inc., Partner at Argobio and Chairman of the Board of Calyxt
Koert Ritmeijer
Koert Ritmeijer
Coordinator Research, Médecins Sans Frontières – Operational Centre Amsterdam
Nilanthi de Silva
Nilanthi de Silva
Vice-Chancellor and Senior Professor of Parasitology, University of Kelaniya
MurielVray2019
Muriel Vray
Epidemiologist, Institut Pasteur

DNDi Access Committee

The DNDi Access Committee provides advice to the DNDi leadership team on the quality and completeness of access to medicines plans to ensure that the treatments developed by DNDi and its partners reach the neglected populations that need them.

To ensure that all potential issues that can impact patients’ access to treatments are considered, the Committee is composed of experts with a wide variety of qualifications and expertise, including in the fields of anthropology, health economics, supply chain management, industrial affairs, public health. Created in 2021, the Committee is composed of fifteen members chosen based on their experience and expertise in these and other fields related to access to treatments.

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Carolina Batista
Carolina Batista
Head of Global Health Affairs, Baraka Impact Finance
Martin Bernhardt
Martin Bernhardt
Interim Director, Access Accelerated
Henk den Besten
Henk den Besten
Founder, CoachMan Consultancy
François Bompart
François Bompart
Access Committee Chair, DNDi
Jean-Marc Bouchez
Jean-Marc Bouchez
Fosun Pharma Group
Jayasree K Iyer
Jayasree K. Iyer
CEO, Access to Medicine Foundation
George Jagoe
George Jagoe
Access and Product Management, Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV)
Giten Khwairakpam
Giten Khwairakpam
Community and Policy Program Manager, TREAT Asia, amfAR
Lenore Manderson
Lenore Manderson
Distinguished Professor of Public Health and Medical Anthropology, University of the Witwatersrand
Dorothy Mbori-Ngacha
Dorothy Mbori-Ngacha
Senior HIV Specialist on EMTCT and Paediatric HIV, UNICEF
Kenneth Munge Kabubei
Kenneth Munge Kabubei
Kenya Country Office, World Bank
Carmen Perez Casas
Carmen Pérez Casas
Senior Technical Manager, Strategy, Unitaid
Elisa Sicuri
Elisa Sicuri
ISGlobal, University of Barcelona, London School of Economics and Political Science
Veronika Wirtz
Veronika J. Wirtz
Professor, Boston University School of Public Health

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