Annex 2: Committees and Working Groups

Executive Committee

Darren Welch, Chair
Director of Global Health, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Rajesh Bhushan, Vice Chair
Secretary for Health and Family Welfare, Government of India

 

Strategic Advocacy Committee

Ann Starrs, Co-Chair
Director of Family Planning, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Githinji Gitahi, Co-Chair
Global CEO, AMREF Health Africa

Sahil Tandon, Vice Chair <30
Global Council member, YET4H Transform Health Coalition

Desmond Nji, Secretary
Founder, Deserve Cameroon

 


Partner Engagement in Countries Committee

Joy Phumaphi, Co-Chair
Executive Secretary, African Leaders Malaria Alliance

Vikas Sheel*, Co-Chair
Additional Secretary and Mission Director for National Health Mission, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India

Gareth J., Vice Chair <30

Hilma Shikwambi, Vice Chair
Co-Chair Board Member, International Confederation of Midwives (ICM)

Jeanne Conry, Vice Chair
President, International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO)

Mwesi Yosia Habagaya, Secretary
Founder and Director of Operations, Universal Health and Development Foundation

*Vikas Sheel was appointed as the new Additional Secretary and took over this role in October 2021 replacing Vandana Gurnani.

Governance and Ethics Committee

Flavia Bustreo, Chair
Vice President, Fondation Botnar

Alan Jarandilla Nuñez, Vice Chair <30Interim Executive Director, International Youth Alliance for Family Planning

Dorothy Shaw, Vice Chair
Former President, International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO)

Leslie Elder, Secretary
Senior Nutrition Specialist, Global Financing Facility (GFF)

Knowledge and Evidence Working Group

Mark Hanson, Director, Chair
Institute of Developmental Sciences, University of Southampton 

Karen Walker, Vice Chair
President, Council of International Neonatal Nurses (COINN)

Mike Mbizvo, Vice Chair
Country Director, Population Council Zambia

Natasha Salifyanji Kaoma, Secretary <30
CEO, Copper Rose Zambia

Accountability Working Group

Jennifer Requejo, Co-Chair
Senior Advisor in Data, Analytics and Innovation, UNICEF

Pauline Irungu, Co-Chair
Advocacy and Policy Country Lead, PATH Kenya

Jonathan Klein, Vice Chair
Executive Committee Treasurer, International Pediatric Association (IPA)

Sophie Arseneault, Vice Chair <30Board Director for the Western Hemisphere Region, International Planned Parenthood Federation