Annex 2: Committees and Working Groups

Executive Committee

Darren Welch, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Government of the United Kingdom

Board, Vice Chair; Executive Committee, Chair

Rajesh Bhushan, Government of India

Board, Vice Chair; Executive Committee, Chair

Strategic Advocacy Committee

Ann Starrs, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Strategic Advocacy Committee (SAC), Co-Chair

Githinji Gitahi, Amref Health Africa

Board Member, Health-Care professionals, Academic and Research Institutions

Sahil Tandon, YET4H Transform Health Coalition

Strategic Advocacy Committee (SAC), Vice Chair (<30)

Desmond Nji, Deserve Cameroon

Advocacy and Partner Engagement Committee (APEC), Secretary

Partner Engagement in Countries Committee

Joy Phumaphi

Former PMNCH Board Chair

Roli Singh, Government of India

Partner Engagement in Countries Committee (PECC), Co-Chair; PG Constituency, Chair

Gareth Jones, YCSRH

Board Member, Adolescents and Youth

Hilma Shikwambi, International Confederation of Midwives (ICM)

Advocacy and Partner Engagement Committee (APEC), Vice Chair

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

Board Member, HCPA; Partner Engagement in Countries Committee (PECC), Vice Chair

Mwesi Yosia Habagaya, Universal Health and Development Foundation

Advocacy and Partner Engagement Committee (APEC), Secretary

Governance and Ethics Committee

Flavia Bustreo, Fondation Botnar

Former PMNCH ED | 2009 - 2011

Hafsah Muheed, Youth Advocacy Network Sri Lanka

Chair, AYC and GEC Vice Chair <30

Sylvia Hamata, International Confederation of Midwives (ICM)

Governance and Ethics Committee (GEC), Vice Chair

Leslie Elder, Global Financing Facility (GFF)

Governance and Ethics Committee (GEC), Secretary; GFM Constituency, Secretary

Knowledge and Evidence Working Group

Mark Hanson, Institute of Development Sciences, University of Southampton

Evidence and Accountability Working Group (EAWG), Chair

Karen Walker, Council of International Neonatal Nurses (COINN)

Evidence and Accountability Working Group (EAWG), Vice Chair

Mike Mbizvo, Population Council Zambia

Board Member, ART; Evidence and Accountability Working Group (EAWG), Vice Chair; GEC Secretary; ART Constituency, Chair

Accountability Working Group

Jennifer Requejo, UNICEF

Evidence and Accountability Working Group (EAWG), Co-Chair

Pauline Irungu, PATH

Accountability Working Group, Co-Chair

Jonathan Klein, International Pediatric Association (IPA)

Evidence and Accountability Working Group (EAWG), Vice Chair

Sophie Arseneault, International Planned Parenthood Federation

Evidence and Accountability Working Group (EAWG), Vice Chair (<30)

* Hafsah Muheed became Vice Chair <30 in July 2022 taking over from Alan Jarandilla Nuñez, Interim Executive Director, International Youth Alliance for Family Planning.

* Sylvia Hamata became Vice Chair in July 2022 taking over from Dorothy Shaw, Former President, International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO).

* Merette Khalil became Vice Chair <30 in May 2022 taking over from Natasha Salifyanji Kaoma, CEO, Copper Rose Zambia.