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Appendix C: Participant Biographies
Pages 85-110

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... . She is responsible for the strategic direction and management of USAID's programs in health systems, population and reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, and global health security.
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... Before he took up his role at the Global Fund, Dr. Bampoe worked with the UK Department for International Development (DFID)
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... Earlier in his career, he was a Senior Associate at McKinsey & Co.'s Philadelphia office and a Summer Associate at Goldman Sachs' Investment Banking Division, where he supported a range of strategic analysis and financial transactional work for clients in the financial services, private equity, pharmaceutical, and government sectors.
From page 88...
... He formerly was the International Finance Corporation's resident representative in Mongolia and before that was senior vice president at CDIB Capital, a Hong Kong–based $1 billion private equity fund where he was responsible for direct investments in private and public companies across Asia. He earned a master's degree in business administration from Boston University Graduate School of Management and is conversant in Mandarin Chinese and Mongolian.
From page 89...
... Prior to joining the World Bank, Mr. Costain had been employed since 1984 in a variety of investment banking functions at Kidder, Peabody, the investment banking subsidiary of General Electric, and at the Union Bank of Switzerland, based in London and Hong Kong, holding the position of Managing Director responsible for international capital markets, new issues, and emerging markets.
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... Mission on Emergency Ebola Response, and a diversity of UN agencies and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to help drive the efforts to eliminate Ebola in West Africa.
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... Edge was the lead banker on the establishment of a new $5.5 billion multilateral development institution, the International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm) , which funds Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
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... Integrating Watershed and Coastal Area Management project, among others. She also has experience working a range of regional and international projects such as the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (renamed CCRIF SPC)
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... Ms. Ghosh previously held senior positions at Google.org and in the international development practice of McKinsey & Company, as well as at the Center for Global Development.
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... He has facilitated the establishment of a research program for global heath in Norway (Globvac) and global partnerships relating to maternal and child health such as the UN Every Woman Every Child initiative and the Global Financing Facility at the World Bank.
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... Richard Gregory is Senior Policy Adviser, Global Health Security, in DFID. Prior to this he was Senior Health Adviser for DFID and the United Kingdom Joint Inter-Agency Taskforce on Ebola in Sierra Leone, leading UK technical inputs to the national Ebola response and working closely with the government of Sierra Leone on policy and strategy.
From page 96...
... Her prior assignments included lead economist work on two replenishments of the International Development Association (IDA) , which is a part of the World Bank Group, lead economist of the World Bank/Commonwealth task force on small states, emergency response policy, extractive industries review, and macroeconomic operational work with francophone African countries.
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... Kollie, Jr., M.B.A., Ph.D., is Deputy Minister for Fiscal Affairs at the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning of the Republic of Liberia, with responsibility for managing the financial resources of the country, developing and administering financial rules and regulations, overseeing matters relating to government accounting and reporting, overseeing matters relating to tax and revenue policies and reform, and overseeing overall expenditure monitoring. Before becoming Deputy Minister for Fiscal Affairs in 2014, he served as Deputy Minister for Revenues in 2012 at the Ministry of Finance and previously as Acting Deputy Minister for Regional and Sectoral Planning at the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs in 2011.
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... Among various other activities, he has developed a certain focus on pandemic risk transfer. He played a leading role in successfully developing and structuring Munich Re's global life pandemic risk retrocession program.
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... Olivier Mahul, Ph.D., is the Program Manager of the World Bank's Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Program, which is co-sponsored by the World Bank, the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) , the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, the Ministry of Finance of Japan, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands.
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... in economics from Toulouse ­ School of Economics and post-doctorates from Wharton Business School and University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Mahul has authored more than 40 publications in international journals and won several academic awards. He recently co-authored two books: Catastrophe Risk Financing in Developing Countries: Principles for Public Intervention (with J
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... These tools include FluAid, FluSurge, and FluWorkLoss, designed to help state and local public health officials plan and prepare for catastrophic infectious disease events. They have been downloaded more than 100,000 times and have been used by local, state, national, and international public health agencies, with jurisdictions exceeding a total of 1 billion persons.
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... Nabarro has worked on behalf of the UN system to provide the overarching strategic and policy direction for a greatly enhanced international response to the West Africa Ebola Outbreak. This includes galvanizing essential support for affected communities and countries from partners around the world.
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... She brings to CDC Group extensive experience in investment and finance across global emerging markets. She previously served in senior positions in the U.S.
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... Before joining Gavi, Mr. Sison spent 10 years in investment banking in London, most recently as Director, Global Banking and Markets, at HSBC, where he was responsible for equity and equity-linked origination in the financial services sector across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
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... Global Health Security Agenda and International Ebola emergency funding efforts, traveling to sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia to open offices there, as well as in South Asia. As a leader in CDC's West African Ebola Response, Capt.
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... Varangis worked for 17 years at the World Bank in various positions at the International Commodities Division, the International Trade Division, and the Research Department and finally at the Agricultural and Rural Development Department where he oversaw a global program on commodity risk management. His work at the World Bank focused on issues related to agricultural policies, commodity marketing systems, rural finance, and risk management.
From page 107...
... His current position is Senior Insurance Specialist, Disaster Risk Financing & Insurance Program, Global Practice for Finance and Markets (GFMDR) and Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)
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... He serves as an advisor in the area of pharmaceutical supply chains to The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, World Bank, WHO, UK Department for International Development, and many other global health organizations. He is the author of many scientific publications and his work has been featured in prominent print and broadcast media, including The Economist, The Financial Times, Nature, and BBC.
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... Between 2006 and 2013, that work was undertaken as CEO of Caribbean Risk Managers Ltd, where Dr. Young was closely involved in the development, implementation, and operations of both the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF)


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