Leadership

Board of Directors

Lisa P. Anderson
President, Norcliffe Foundation
United States

Carole T. Faig
Board Member, Cue Health, Affinia Therapeutic, and Quva Pharma
United States

Beth Galetti (Chair)
Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Amazon
United States

Lutz Hegemann, MD, PhD
President, Global Health Novartis International AG
Switzerland

Joel Holsinger
Partner, Portfolio Manager, Co-Head of Alternative Credit, Ares Management Corporation
United States

Bruce McNamer, JD, MBA (Treasurer)
President, The Builders Initiative
United States

Sanford M. Melzer, MD, MBA (Secretary)
Principal, Melzer Healthcare Advisors
United States

John-Arne Røttingen, MD, PhD, MSc, MPA
Ambassador for Global Health, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Adjunct Professor, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health
Norway

Rachel Sibande, MSc
Founder and Director, mHub
Malawi and South Africa

Sylvana Sinha, JD
Founder, Chair, and CEO, Praava Health
Bangladesh and United States

Abayomi Sule, MBBS, MBA
Founder and Managing Director, Tillit MSME
Nigeria

Helena Wayth, MSc
Founder, A Birds Eye View
United Kingdom

Fredrick Were, MD, MMed, PhD (Vice Chair)
Professor, Perinatal & Neonatal Medicine, University of Nairobi
Chief Research Scientist, Kenya Pediatric Research Consortium
Kenya

Yehong Zhang, PhD, MBA
CEO, Luye Pharmaceutical Group (International)
China and United States

Executive Team

Nikolaj Gilbert
President and CEO

Ben Aliwa
Chief Business and Finance Officer

Meissa Diaw
Chief People and Diversity Officer

Nabeel Goheer
Chief of the Asia, Middle East and Europe

Heather Ignatius
Chief of External Affairs

Nanthalile Mugala, MD, MMed
Chief of the Africa Region

Sabrina Powers
Chief of Legal and Research Affairs and General Counsel

Melanie Saville
Chief Scientific Officer

Kammerle Schneider
Chief Programs and Innovation Officer


Reflects board membership and officer positions in 2023, and executives as of January 2024.

Photo at top: At PATH’s Global Leaders Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, Neha Agarwal, Diagnostics program co-lead (center), and Rishabh Chopra, Global South Partnerships Liaison (right), discuss working across teams and borders with Pat Lennon, Medical Devices and Health Technologies program lead (left). Photo: PATH/Cosmas Bosire.

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