Board members

Please find below a list of PMNCH Board Members representing the different constituencies. There is a link to the biography of each Board member, if available.

Academic, Research and Training Institutes (ART)

• Baylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation Malawi
  Dr Peter Kazembe
  Executive Director
• BIRDEM and Ibrahim Medical College,
  Diabetic Association of Bangladesh
  Professor Kishwar Azad
  Project Director, Perinatal Care Project and Professor of Paediatrics
• Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)
  Dr Núria Casamitjana Badia
  Director of Training and Education

Adolescents & Youth (AY)

• African Youth and Adolescent Network on Population & Development (AfriYAN)
  Tikhala Itaye
  President
• Gogontlejang Phaladi Pillar of Hope Project (GPPHP)
  Gogontlejang Phaladi
  Founder and Executive Director

Donors and Foundations (D&F)

• Department for International Development (DFID)
  Gillian Turner
  Health Advisor
• The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)
  Lars Grønseth [a.i.]
  Senior Advisor
  Health, Education and Research
• U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
  John Borrazzo
  Deputy Director, Office of Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health and Nutrition
  Bureau for Global Health
• Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)
  Lennarth Hjelmåker
  Ambassador for Global Health
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  Nosa Orobaton
  Deputy Director, MNCH

Global Financing Mechanisms (GFM)

• Gavi The Vaccine Alliance
  Anuradha Gupta
  Deputy Chief Executive Officer

Healthcare Professional Associations (HCPA)

• International Confederation of Midwives
  Frances Day-Stirk
  President
  Director of Learning, Research and Practice Development and International Office
• International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (FIGO)
  C. N. Purandare
  President Elect FIGO and Dean Indian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Purandare Hospital
• Sick Kids Canada
  Zulfiqar Bhutta
  Robert Harding Chair in a Global Child Health and Policy
  Co-Director Centre for Global Child Health
  Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning

Inter-Governmental Organizations (IGO)

Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO)

• Save the Children
  Thiago Luchesi
  Advocacy Advisor, Child Survival and Health
• White Ribbon Alliance
  Betsy McCallon
  Executive Director of the White Ribbon Alliance
• Swasti Health Resource Centre
  Angela Chaudhuri
  Director
• PATH
  David Fleming
  PATH’s Vice President

Partner Governments (PG)

• Government of Indonesia
  Dr. Nila F Moeloek
  Minister of Health
• Government of Tanzania
  Ummy Mwalimu
  Minister of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children
• Government of Nigeria
  Prof Isaac Adewole
  Federal Minister of Health
• Government of India
  Chandra Kishore Mishra (Board co-Chair since Jan 2012)
  Additional Secretary & Mission Director (National Rural Health Mission)
  Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Private Sector (PS)

• Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD)*
  Farouk Shamas Jiwa (Mato)
  Director, Public Policy and Corporate Responsibility (Sub-Saharan Africa)
• Royal Philips
  Jan-Willem Scheijgrond
  Global Head of Government Affairs Business To Government (B2G)

United Nations Agencies (UNA)

• United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) (Permanent seat)
  Natalia Kanem
  Deputy Executive Director (programme) and Assistant Secretary General
• United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) (permanent seat)
  Ted Chaiban
  Director of Programme Division
• World Health Organization (WHO) (Permanent seat)
  Flavia Bustreo
  Assistant Director General
  Family, Women's and Children's Health
• World Bank (Permanent seat)
  Timothy G Evans
  Senior Director, Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice

UNSG-EWEC

• United Nations Secretary-General Office
  David Nabarro
  Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Climate Change