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William A. Haseltine
ChairWilliam A. Haseltine, PhD, has an active career in science, business, and philanthropy. He is known for his pioneering work on cancer, HIV/AIDS, and genomics. He was a professor at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health and founder of its Division of Biochemical Pharmacology and Division of Human Retrovirology. He has founded twelve biotechnology companies, including Human Genome Sciences, and is the author of several books.
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Krishna Reddy
CEOKrishna Reddy, MD, is responsible for the overall development, management, and leadership of the activities of ACCESS Health across the Asia region. Krishna is a board certified cardiologist with a long and distinguished career, marked by his leadership of the CARE Hospital Group which he helped create. The hospital group is now recognized as the most advanced, complete cardiac care center in the country. The hospitals have become models for patient satisfaction and innovation.
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Hala Zaid
Regional Director, Middle East & North AfricaHala Zaid, MBBch, MBA, DBA, MD., is responsible for the design and implementation of the strategic plan, including budgets, and for overall institutional development. Dr. Hala is Egypt’s former Minister of Health and Population and an expert in healthcare system design and strategy, healthcare sector reform, medical education, medical research and pharmaceuticals and vaccines manufacturing for more than 30 years. She led the Presidential initiative for hepatitis C elimination in Egypt and has supported many countries with hepatitis C diagnostics, medications, and capacity building. She also led the execution of the universal health insurance system in Egypt as the first fully integrated model in Africa.
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Biswajeet Chatterjee
Vice President (Global), Finance and Corporate AffairsBiswajeet Chatterjee has more than thirty years of industry experience including implementation of best practices in finance, corporate governance, merger and acquisitions, business valuation, business restructuring, and change management. Previously, he worked with global businesses including BOC Gases, EI DuPont, Kelly Services and Mother Dairy Group. He is also the author of several books in contemporary business and finance.
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Roberto Patarca
Chief Medical OfficerRoberto Patarca, M.D., Ph.D. brings more than 15 years of industry experience in global medical affairs and clinical research. His research has focused on the AIDS virus, microbial replication regulation, adoptive cellular immunotherapy, drug resistance testing, and chronic fatigue syndrome. He served in Advisory Committees to two U.S. Secretaries of Health and Human Services; was elected to the Academy of Sciences of Latin America; worked with the World Health Organization on standardization of cytokine level measurements and has been published widely.
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Bela Sehgal
Vice President (Global), Human ResourcesBela Sehgal is responsible for the overall human resources function at ACCESS Health International and is based out of New Delhi. She is a human resources professional with over forty years of experience within the development sector. Bela has worked with both international and national non- government organisations.
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Uma Aysola
Director (Global), Communications & Partner EngagementDr. Uma Aysola heads up alliances and partnerships at ACCESS Health India and is responsible for networking and relationship management with key government and corporate sector clients. As part of her role, she engages with state governments, pharmaceutical industries, multinational companies, and technical institutions to mobilize investments and action towards ACCESS Health’s overall vision.
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William A. Haseltine
ChairWilliam A. Haseltine, PhD, has an active career in science, business, and philanthropy. He is known for his pioneering work on cancer, HIV/AIDS, and genomics. He was a professor at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health and founder of its Division of Biochemical Pharmacology and Division of Human Retrovirology. He has founded twelve biotechnology companies, including Human Genome Sciences, and is the author of several books.
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John-Michael Lind
Vice President and DirectorJohn-Michael Lind is a founding member of ACCESS Health and a trustee of The Lind Family Trust and Lind Family Foundation. Mr. Lind is a serial entrepreneur and investor with more than thirty-nine private equity and venture investments to his credit, primarily in the US and in emerging markets. Mr. Lind has more than twenty years of on the ground asset management and investment banking experience, including leadership roles with Ashmore India, Tata Telecom Maharashtra, White & Case in London and New York, Salomon Brothers in New York, and Strategic Partners, a boutique advisory and investment firm he founded.
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Margaret Crotty
DirectorMargaret Crotty is CEO of Partnership for Children in New York. She is an experienced leader in the not for profit and private sectors. She has worked in China, Indonesia and across Southeast Asia in education, public health, and international development. Ms. Crotty is the former Executive Director of the Newborn and Child Survival Campaign with Save the Children, and former president and CEO of AFS USA Intercultural Programs. She is a trustee of the Open Medical Institute and the Austrian American Foundation and is also on the Board of Overseers of Northwell Health System, the largest integrated health system in New York state.
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Blaise Guerrand-Hermès
DirectorBlaise Guerrand-Hermès is a managing partner in corporate buyouts, focusing on the financing and development of cross border companies and the restructuring of European brands and assets. He was previously an associate and financial researcher at Ashmore Investment Management, the leading emerging markets asset manager and an investment banker with NM Rothschild in London, focusing on equity issuances and capital markets. He is also deeply involved in his family business and has been a member of the Board of Directors of Hermès Sellier since 2009 and Hermès International since 2012.
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K. Ranga Krishnan
DirectorRanga Krishnan, MB, ChB, is CEO of the Rush University System for Health. Prior to joining Rush, he was dean of Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School in Singapore and an international expert in treating brain disorders of the elderly. As dean of the new Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, he built the education and research infrastructure. During his tenure at Duke-NUS, the school has developed and implemented a new method of learning called Team LEAD, which has been adopted by other universities and high schools. Dr. Krishnan has written three books, more than fifty textbook chapters, and more than two hundred journal articles.
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Jeffrey S. Lehman
DirectorJeffrey S. Lehman is an internationally acclaimed leader in higher education, currently serving as Vice Chancellor of New York University Shanghai. He also holds a number of other positions, including as Independent Director on the Board of Infosys, a global leader in technology services and consulting, and as chancellor of the Peking University School of Transnational Law. He previously served as Dean of the University of Michigan Law School, President of Cornell University, and Founding Dean of the Peking University School of Transnational Law. He also served as law clerk to Frank M. Coffin, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and Associate Justice John Paul Stevens of the United States Supreme Court.
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Raghunath A. Mashelkar
DirectorDr. Mashelkar is chairman of India’s National Innovation Foundation, the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, and the Reliance Innovation Council. He is also president of the Global Research Alliance, an international network of organizations that apply science and technology to solve large scale challenges facing developing countries. Dr. Mashelkar was director general of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, one of the world’s largest publicly funded industrial research and development institutions and president of the Indian National Science Academy and of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (U.K.). In 2014, the President of India awarded Dr. Mashelkar the second highest civilian honor, Padma Vibhushan, for his exceptional and distinguished service to the country.
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Dr. Sten Vermund
DirectorDr. Vermund is a pediatrician and infectious disease epidemiologist at the Yale School of Public Health. He also serves as President of the Global Virus Network, is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Medicine, and is President-Elect of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering. He works in resource-limited settings on maternal, infant, and child health, notably focused on HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections, COVID-19, and parasitic diseases. Dr. Vermund’s work in implementation science seeks to increase the coverage and quality of infectious and chronic disease services for children and families. His work on HIV-HPV interactions among women in Bronx methadone programs motivated a change in the 1993 CDC AIDS case surveillance definition and inspired cervical cancer screening programs launched within HIV/AIDS programs around the world.
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John Lim
DirectorProfessor John CW Lim is founding Executive Director of the Centre of Regulatory Excellence (CoRE) at the Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School (Duke-NUS), inaugural Chairman of the Consortium for Clinical Research & Innovation Singapore, Senior Advisor at Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH), and Policy Core Lead at the SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute. He has joint academic appointments at Duke-NUS and the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health. Professor Lim is a distinguished healthcare expert, government official, and regulatory authority. He earned his medical degree from NUS and pursued postgraduate studies in public health at NUS and health policy and management at Harvard University.