Governance

The Board of GARDP determines GARDP’s strategic goals and ensures that management works diligently and efficiently to meet these goals. It receives guidance from the Scientific Advisory Committee, while GARDP staff carry out day-to-day operations, focusing on the core business of developing and delivering treatments for drug-resistant infections.

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Board of GARDP

The Board meets twice per year and serves as the ultimate decision-making body of our organization. It determines GARDP’s strategic goals and ensures that management works diligently and efficiently. The Board also establishes GARDP policies and principles, and appoints the Board Chair, Vice-Chair, and Treasurer, as well as GARDP’s Executive Director. GARDP is working to ensure organic growth of the Board and taking steps to increase the representation of key partners from low- and middle-income countries.

Glenda
Gray

Chair

South African Medical Research Council, South Africa

Bernard
Pécoul

Vice-Chair

Independent

Stanislas
Zuin

Board Treasurer

Independent

Gregg
Alton

Board member

Independent

Chieko
Ikeda

Board member

Japanese Red Cross Society

Ramanan Laxminarayan

Board member

One Health Trust

Dr José Gomes Temporão

Board member

formerly Brazil Health Ministry

Veronika von Messling

Board member

Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany

Observers of the Board

Observers of the Board include, but are not limited to: a representative from the World Health Organization (a co-founder of GARDP); a representative from DNDi (a co-founder of GARDP); the Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee; and the Chair of the Donor Partnership Advisory Committee. Observers liaise between the Board and the groups they represent. They offer counsel and participate in all board meetings but do not have voting rights.

Hanan H.
Balkhy

Board observer

World Health Organization

Herman
Goossens

Board observer

University of Antwerp

Luis Pizarro

Board Observer

DNDi

GARDP Policies

GARDP is committed to the highest possible standards of openness, transparency, honesty and accountability. To that end it has developed a set of core policies and made them accessible on our website. It also has a third-party platform, Integrity Line, that can be used to report anonymously misconduct by GARDP staff or anyone outside the organization in connection with GARDP activities.

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The Scientific Advisory Committee

The Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) is made up of scientists with expertise in various disciplines within infectious diseases and microbiology. SAC members advise and make recommendations to the Board of GARDP to carry out the organization’s scientific objectives. They also assess GARDP’s R&D strategy and projects, and provide guidance as well as medical and scientific expertise for GARDP’s programmes. SAC Ex-Officio Members represent external organizations at SAC meetings.

Herman
Goossens

Chair

University of Antwerp

Greg Basarab

Committee member

Independent

Marc
Bonten

Committee member

University Medical Centre Utrecht, The Netherlands

Heike Brötz-Oesterhelt

Committee member

University of Tübingen

Anthony
Coates

Committee member

St George’s Hospital, UK

Ana Cristina Gales

Committee member

Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil

Valeria Gigante

Ex-officio member

World Health Organization

Roy Jamieson

Committee member

OkerPharma Consultancy AB, Sweden

Rudo Mathivha

Committee member

Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, South Africa

Marc Mendelson

Committee member

University of Cape Town, South Africa

Sumati Nambiar

Committee member

Johnson and Johnson

Kamini Walia

Committee member

Indian Council of Medical Research, India

The Strategic Partnerships Committee

The Strategic Partnerships Committee is a subcommittee of the Board of GARDP. It ensures that GARDP partnerships with the private sector align with GARDP’s vision, mission and objectives.

Bernard Pécoul

Chair

Independent

Yann Ferrisse

Committee Secretary

GARDP

Gregg Alton

Committee member

Independent

Dominique Carouge

Committee member

Independent

Chieko
Ikeda

Committee member

Japanese Red Cross Society

Rachel Christinat

Committee member

Independent

Guillaume Leroy

Committee member

Global Life Sciences Advisory

Veronika von Messling

Committee member

Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany

The Nomination, Remuneration and Safeguarding Committee

The Nomination, Remuneration and Safeguarding Committee is a subcommittee of the Board of GARDP. Its members are responsible for reviewing key questions about the Board itself (e.g. structure, size, and composition), reviewing organizational changes and decisions that require Board approval, and overseeing safeguarding matters (i.e. formal complaints of abuse of power or harassment).