Team
GARDP is based in Switzerland and has close to 100 staff based in Geneva and around the world in its global network, including GARDP North America, representation in Australia, the DNDi GARDP Southern Africa joint office, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative, and associated DNDi regional offices in Brazil, India, Japan, Kenya and Malaysia.
Management team
Manica Balasegaram
Executive Director
Peter Beyer
Deputy Executive Director
Jennifer Cohn
Global Access Director
Pierre-Yves Delhez
Internal Operations Director
Yann Ferrisse
Business Development & Partner Engagement Director
Florence Jacobs
General Counsel
Seamus O’Brien
R&D Director
Jeffrey Rowland
External Relations Director
Carol Ruffell
DNDi-GARDP Southern Africa Director
Leadership
Pierre Daram
R&D Drug/Treatment Project Leader
Angela Decool
Head of HR & Organization
Dominique De Santis
Head of Communications
Rahul Dwivedi
Serious Bacterial Infections Access Leader
Sally Ellis
Children’s Antibiotics Project Leader
Christophe Escot
Clinical Operations Leader
Paul Field
Australian Representative
François Franceschi
Head of Asset Evaluation and Development and Serious Bacterial Infections Project Leader
Duncan Graham-Rowe
Senior Communications Advisor
Alan Hennessy
Discovery & Exploratory Team Leader
Katia Kieffer
Legal Counsel, Lead
Gabrielle Kornmann
Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance Leader
Alison Luckey
Associate Director Medical Sciences
Julie Miralves
Head of R&D Portfolio & Operations Strategy
Fernando Pascual Martinez
R&D Access Development Lead
Tammy Pillay
Head of Regulatory Affairs
Nicola Porteous
Head of Finance
Karan Prabhakar
Products Delivery & Management Head
Susana Ribeiro
Regional Head LATAM
Jun Sasaki
Partners Engagement Lead
Herbert Wetli
Head of Pharmaceutical Development
Staff
Jovana Albig
Clinical Scientist Senior Manager
Carmen Au
Associate Project Lead
Aleida Auld
Communications Manager
Cherine Bajjali
Associate Clinical Trial Manager
Lisa Baldwin
R&D Grants Senior Manager
Esther Bettiol
Clinical Scientist Senior Manager
Priyanka Bhat
Regional Product Delivery Manager
Benjamin Blasco
Discovery Senior Project Manager
Maria Lourdes Cairus
Executive Office, Senior Manager
René Coppens
Senior External Relations Manager
Erika Correia
Clinical Trial Manager
Renata Maria Augusto da Costa
Scientific Manager
Shirine Derakhshani
Scientific Affairs Senior Officer
Raji Devarajan
Clinical Research Senior Manager
Maëlle Duffey
Discovery & Exploratory Research Senior Officer
Sara Gargaté
HR Business Partner
Karin Hergarden
Senior Global Access Project Manager
Daniel Iniguez
Clinical Trial Manager
Ravindra P. Jumde
Scientific Senior Officer
Nathalie Khavessian
Clinical Trial Manager
Victor Kouassi
Scientific Affairs Senior Officer
Delphine Lachas
Procurement Senior Manager
Meret Lendenmann
Executive Office Assistant
Clara Maure
External Relations Senior Officer
Guillaume Molinard
Pharmacovigilance Senior Officer
Martinette Nel
Clinical QA & Portfolio, Senior Officer
Astrid Pentz-Murr
Scientific Affairs Senior Manager
Prakash Pathak
Office & Administrative Coordinator
Gabrielle Pierre
Digital Communications Officer
Cristina Praz
External Relations Manager
Mary-Ann Richardson
Senior Clinical Development Project Manager
Capucine Robert
Clinical Trial Associate
Teri Roberts
Public Health Senior Manager
Abhijit Roy
Regional Access Senior Manager
Sachin Salampure
Pharmaceutical Development Senior Manager
Alexandra Santu
Scientific Officer
Christelle Schaffer
Alliance & Project Senior Manager
Damien Somé
External Affairs Manager
Dianna Taylor
Associate Project Lead – SBI
Philomène Taylor
Accounting Manager
Raphaël Tissot
Finance Senior Officer
Kathelene Weiss
External Relations Senior Manager
