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Home > Our people

Our leadership

 

DNDi’s diverse global team of around 265 employees and close consultants represent more than 30 nationalities and bring essential skills and experience from the the academic, non-profit, private, and public sectors.

Our colleagues leading activities across DNDi programmes, departments, and regional offices are listed below.

Executive committee

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Luis Pizarro, DNDi Executive Director (as of Sept 2022)
Luis Pizarro
Executive Director and DNDi Board Permanent Invitee
Laurent Fraisse
Laurent Fraisse
Research & Development Director
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Rudi Paye
Strategy and Operations Director
Eric Stobbaerts
Eric Stobbaerts
International Development Director
Joelle Tanguy
Joelle Tanguy
External Affairs Director

Regional offices leaders

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Chirac Bulanga
Chirac Bulanga Milemba
DR Congo Director
Rachel Cohen
Rachel M. Cohen
North America Director
Kaori Nakatani
Kaori Nakatani
Japan Director
Jean Michel Piedagnel
Jean-Michel Piedagnel
South-East Asia Director
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Carol Ruffell
Head, joint office for Southern Africa for DNDi and GARDP
Kavita Singh
Kavita Singh
South Asia Director
Sergio Sosa Estani
Sergio Sosa-Estani
Latin America Director
Monique Wasunna
Monique Wasunna
Eastern Africa Director

R&D

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Yaw Asare-Aboagye
Yaw Asare-Aboagye
Head of Global Clinical Operations
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Fabiana Alves
NTD Leishmaniasis-Mycetoma Cluster Director
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Byron Arana
Head of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Disease
Fabiana Barreira
Fabiana Barreira
Clinical Project and Medical Leader
Fabienne Benoist
Fabienne Benoist
Head of Regulatory Affairs
Simon Bolo
Simon Bolo
Head of Leishmaniasis Access
Valerie Cayron Elizondo
Valérie Cayron-Elizondo
Head of Drug Safety & Pharmacovigilance
EricChatelain2019
Eric Chatelain
Head of Drug Discovery Programme
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Michel Conorcet
R&D Portfolio and Planning Leader
Jean-Yves Gillon
Jean-Yves Gillon
Head of Translation Sciences
Stephane Hugonnet
Stéphane Hugonnet
NTD HAT-Filarial-Chagas Cluster Director
Wendy Keller
Wendy Keller
Head of Clinical Quality Assurance
Jadel Kratz
Jadel Kratz
Head of Discovery and R&D Partnership, Latin America
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Hervé Lécuelle
R&D Portfolio & Planning Head
Neelika Malavige
Neelika Malavige
Head of Dengue Global Programme and Scientific Affairs
Florent Mbo
Florent Mbo Kuikumbi
Access Leader and HAT Platform Coordinator
CarolineMenetrey2019
Caroline Menétrey
Clinical Project Leader
FredericMonnot2019
Frédéric Monnot
Disease Clinical Project Leader
CharlesMowbray2019
Charles Mowbray
Discovery Director
Wilfried Mutombo
Wilfried Mutombo Kalonji
Head of DRC Clinical Operations
Borna Nyaoke
Borna Nyaoke
Head of Mycetoma Disease
Maria Jesús Pinazo
María Jesús Pinazo
Head of Chagas disease
Justine Odionyi
Justine Odionyi
Head of Disease, HIV
Sandra Rembry
Sandra Rembry
Clinical Project Leader
IsabelaRibeiro2019
Isabela Ribeiro
Viral Diseases Cluster Director
Stephen Robinson
Stephen Robinson
Pharmaceutical Development Director
Peter Sjo
Peter Sjö
Head of Drug Discovery Programme
Sabine Specht
Sabine Specht
Head of Filarial Disease
Nathalie Strub-Wourgaft
Nathalie Strub-Wourgaft
COVID-19 Response & Pandemic Preparedness Director
Alistair Swanson
Alistair Swanson
Head of Product Development, NTD Leishmaniasis-Mycetoma Cluster
Craig Tipple
Craig Tipple
Medical Director
Olaf Valverde
Olaf Valverde
Clinical Project Leader (HAT)

Global Executive Office

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Amelia Folkes
Amelia Folkes
Head of Global Executive Office

External Affairs

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JamesArkinstall2019
James Arkinstall
Communications and Advocacy Director
Patricia Caldwell
Patricia Caldwell
Head of External Relations
Thi Hanh Cao
Thi Hanh Cao
External Relations Director
Michelle Childs
Michelle Childs
Policy Advocacy Director
Anna Crago
Head of External Relations
Ilan Moss
Ilan Moss
Head of Media and Content
Simone Rocha
Simone Rocha
Head of Regional External Affairs, Latin America

Operations

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Pascale Boulet
Pascale Boulet
Intellectual Property & Access Leader
Phouttasone Bouppha
Phoutthasone Bouppha
Head of Financial Control
Pascal Carpentier
Pascal Carpentier
Head of IST
Vanessa Daniel
Vanessa Daniel
Alliance and Operations Leader
Denise Guimaraes
Denise Guimaraes
Head of Regional Operations, Latin America
Isabel Gutierrez
Isabel Gutierrez
Head of Legal Affairs
Daisuke Imoto
Daisuke Imoto
Business Development and Alliance Management Director
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Jana Jauffret
Human Resources & Organization Director
Dominique Junod Moser
Dominique Junod-Moser
Legal Affairs Director
Olga Lacroix
Olga Lacroix
Head of Accounting
Amit Malik
Amit Malik
Head of Regional Operations, South Asia
Fabrice Mulangu
Fabrice Mulangu
Head of Regional Operations, DRC
Collins Munene
Collins W. Munene
Head of Regional Operations, Eastern Africa
Mae Shieh
Mae Shieh
Head of Business Development
Justyna Tarwid
Justyna Tarwid
Strategy and Performance Leader
Laurence Vielfaure
Laurence Vielfaure
Finance and Planning Director

Founder

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BernardPecoul2019
Bernard Pécoul
Founder

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