Team
GARDP is based in Switzerland and has about 100 staff based in Geneva and around the world in its global network, including GARDP Africa, 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
GARDP 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
Head of Clinical Operations
François Franceschi
Associate Director Serious Bacterial Infections Portfolio
Duncan Graham-Rowe
Senior Communications Advisor
Alan Hennessy
Head of Discovery
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
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 Associate Lead
Maria Lourdes Cairus
Executive Office, Senior Manager
René Coppens
External Relations Senior Manager
Erika Correia
Clinical Trial Senior Manager
Renata Maria Augusto da Costa
Global Microbiology Senior Manager
Yusuf Demir
R&D Portfolio and Operations Senior Analyst
Shirine Derakhshani
Scientific Affairs Senior Officer
Raji Devarajan
Clinical Research Senior Manager
Maëlle Duffey
Discovery Manager
Jai Anand Garg
Pharmaceutical Development Senior Manager
Sara Gargaté
Senior HR Business Partner
Eric Hajjar
Project Lead SBI
Karin Hergarden
Senior Global Access Project Manager
Daniel Iniguez
Clinical Trial Senior Manager
Ravindra P. Jumde
Scientific Senior Officer
Nathalie Khavessian
R&D Partnerships and Project Senior Manager Research And Development
Victor Kouassi
Scientific Affairs Senior Officer
Delphine Lachas
Procurement Senior Manager
Meret Lendenmann
Executive Office Assistant
María José López
Quality Assurance Associate Lead
Clara Maure
External Relations Senior Officer
Guillaume Molinard
Pharmacovigilance Senior Officer
Martinette Nel
Clinical QA & Portfolio, Senior Officer
Astrid Pentz-Murr
Scientific Affairs Associate Lead
Prakash Pathak
Office & Administrative Coordinator
Gabrielle Rion
Digital Communications Senior Officer
Cristina Praz
External Relations Senior Consultant
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
Associate Project Lead
Damien Somé
External Affairs Senior Manager
Dianna Taylor
Associate Project Lead – SBI
Philomène Taylor
Accounting Manager
Katrina Teare
Medical Science Associate Lead
Raphaël Tissot
Finance Manager
Arielle Weinstein-Godin
Departmental Operations, Senior Coordinator
Kathelene Weiss
External Relations Senior Manager