Committees of the Board
The GAVI Alliance Board relies on a number of committees to support the development of key policies and oversee specific activities. These committees are comprised of Board members, alternates, and in some instances delegates with expertise in critical areas.
- Executive Committee
The Executive Committee is responsible for making critical, time-sensitive decisions that allow the Alliance to function in-between Board meetings. The Committee also serves as an advisory body to the full Board and ensures that new policies are sufficiently developed prior to Board decision. The Executive Committee is chaired by Jaime Sepulveda.
Executive Committee Charter (PDF - 52K)Executive Committee membership
Unaffiliated members Ashutosh Garg
Institutions WHO
Vacant
World Bank
Armin Fidler
Bill & Melinda Gates
FoundationConstituencies Developing country
governmentsNicaragua: Guillermo José González González
Donor country
governmentsFrance: Gustavo Gonzalez-Canali
Vaccine industry
Suresh S Jadhav
CEO (non-voting) - Programme & Policy Committee
The Programme & Policy Committee serves as the principal advisory body to the board on all GAVI programme areas and leads the development of new policies. It is staffed by high-level technical experts from partner organisations and constituencies, with knowledge in areas such as epidemiology, public health, research, health systems and financing.
The Programme & Policy Committee is chaired by Gustavo Gonzalez-Canali.
Programme & Policy Committee charter (PDF - 47K)Programme & Policy Committee membership
Unaffiliated members Institutions WHO
Jean-Marie Okwo-Bele
World Bank
Rama Lakshminarayanan
UNICEF
Mickey Chopra
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Steve Landry
Constituencies Developing country governments
Yemen: Magid Al-Jonaid
Vietnam: Nguyen Tran Hien
Donor country governments
Norway: Paul Fife
France: Gustavo Gonzalez-Canali (chair)
USA: Susan McKinney
Vaccine industry - industrialised
Crucell: Olga Popova
Vaccine industry - developing
Serum Institute India: Suresh Jadhav
Civil society organisation
Joan Awunyo Akaba
Research & technical health institutes
Anne Schuchat
Expert Advisors Helen Rees
- Governance Committee
The Governance Committee is responsible for ensuring the smooth operations of GAVI’s governance structure. In this role, it serves as a nominating body for new board members, evaluates and oversees the functioning of other committees, and develops and enforces the Board code of ethics and other key governance policies. The Governance Committee is chaired by Mary Robinson.
Governance Committee charter (PDF - 44K)Governance Committee membership
Unaffiliated members Mary Robinson (chair)
Dagfinn Hřybrĺten
George W. Wellde, Jr.
Institutions UNICEF
Pascal Villeneuve
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Jaime Sepulveda (vice chair)
Constituencies Developing country governments
Rwanda: Richard Sezibera
Donor country governments
Sweden: Anders Molin
Civil Society Organisations
Task Force on Child Survival: Alan Hinman
GAVI Alliance CEO - Investment Committee
The Investment Committee oversees the development of investment policies and objectives, asset allocations and portfolio construction. The Committee also guides performance monitoring and risk management, reporting, and the safekeeping of assets for the GAVI Alliance. The Investment Committee is chaired by George Wellde.
Investment Committee charter (PDF - 45K)Investment Committee membership
Unaffiliated members George W. Wellde, Jr. (chair)
Dwight Bush
Constituencies Donor country governments
Abigail Robinson
- Audit & Finance Committee
The Audit & Finance Committee provides guidance in the areas of corporate accounting, reporting practices, and the quality and integrity of the financial reports. Its primary function is to assist the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities by reviewing financial information to be reported to GAVI donors and others, evaluating GAVI’s systems of internal controls, and overseeing the audit process.The Committee is chaired by Wayne Berson.
Audit & Finance Committee charter (PDF - 51K)Audit & Finance Committee membership
Unaffiliated members Wayne Berson (chair)
Dwight Bush
Institutions World Bank
David Crush
Constituencies Developing country governments
Yemen: Magid Al-Jonaid
Donor country governments
France: Clarisse Paolini
Donor country governments
UK: Gavin McGillivray
Research and Technical Health Institutes
Anne Schuchat
- Evaluation Advisory Committee
At the June 2009 Board, the Governance Committee recommended that the Board charter a small Evaluation Advisory Committee comprising a majority of independent evaluation experts and a minority of board members. This committee will oversee organisation and programme evaluation; provide oversight for GAVI’s organisational and programmatic evaluation activities; review and approve GAVI’s multi-year and annual evaluation work plans and review the evaluation reports from the independent consultant selected to perform these reviews. The committee will also periodically reassess the Evaluation Policy and report on its work to the Board as requested. The committee became operational on 30 July 2009 and is chaired by Bernhard Schwartlander.
Evaluation Advisory Committee charter (PDF - 33K)
Evaluation Advisory Committee membership
Unaffiliated members George W. Wellde, Jr.
Constituencies Richard Sezibera
Developing Country governments (Rwanda)
Stanley O. Foster
Civil Society Organisations
Professor, Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, United StatesIndependent members Bernhard Schwartlander (chair)
Chief of Mission, UNAIDS, Beijing, China
Zenda Ofir
Executive Director, Evalnet
Ken Hill
Professor of Global Health, Harvard School of Public Health, United States
Sania Nishtar
Founder, Heartfile, Pakistan
Gonzalo
HernándezExecutive Director, Mexican National Council for Evaluation, Mexico
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