GAIN’s Board of Directors
GAIN Board of Directors is comprised of leaders from the donor, UN, development, research, business and civil society communities. Its Chair is former South African cabinet minister Jay Naidoo, who is also the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Development Bank of Southern Africa.
Chair
Chairman of the Board of GAIN, the J&J Group and the Development Bank of Southern Africa.
Vice Chair
Director, Integrated Health Solutions Development Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Other Board Members
Founding President and current Senior Advisor of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) President and CEO.
Health Science Specialist, Office of Health and Nutrition, USAID.
President, PATH.
Private Banker
Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF.
Professor, Institute of Food Science and Nutrition, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland.
Manager of Social Sector, Inter-American Development Bank (IADB).
Managing Director, Hystra - Hybrid Strategies Consulting.
Director General, Global Initiatives Directorate, Canadian International Development Agency.
Honourable Minister of Information and Communication, Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Vice-President Mérieux Alliance, Directeur Général Délégué bioMerieux, and Corporate VP bioMerieux Industry
Chairman, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Limited, India.
Director of Health, Nutrition and Population, Human Development Network, the World Bank.
Senior Director, Global Health Partnerships, Unilever, and Chair of the GAIN Business Alliance.
Board Observers
Ala Alwan
Assistant Director-General, Noncommunicable Diseases & Mental Health, WHO/OMS.
Martin Bloem
Chief, Nutrition Unit, World Food Programme.
Katharine Kreis
Senior Program Officer, Maternal & Child Health and Nutrition, Global Health Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Venkatesh Mannar
Executive Director, The Micronutrient Initiative.
Werner Schultink
Chief, Nutrition Section, Programme Division, UNICEF .
