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
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 Research, Technology and Space, Germany
Observers of the Board
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.
Herman
Goossens
Board observer
University of Antwerp
Luis Pizarro
Board Observer
DNDi
Pending identification
Board observer
World Health Organization
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.
The Scientific Advisory Committee
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
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 Research, Technology and Space, Germany
The Nomination, Remuneration and Safeguarding Committee
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).
Glenda
Gray
Chair
South African Medical Research Council, South Africa
Pierre-Yves Delhez
Committee Secretary
GARDP
Ramanan Laxminarayan
Committee Member
One Health Trust
Stanislas
Zuin
Committee Member
Independent
The Audit Committee
The Audit Committee
The Audit Committee is a subcommittee of the Board of GARDP. It is made up of at least two Board members as well as external auditors, and it oversees financial aspects of the organization.
Bernard Pécoul
Chair
Independent
Stanislas Zuin
Chair
Independent
Pierre-Yves Delhez
Committee Secretary
GARDP
Dominique Carouge
Committee member
Independent
Tal Schibler
Committee member
DGE Avocats
N.B. In 2024, the Donor Partnership Advisory Committee was paused while its function and terms were reviewed.