Committees of the Board
The GAVI Alliance Board relies a number of committees to support the development of key policies and oversee specific activities. These committees are comprised of Board members, alternates, and some instances delegates with expertise in critical areas.
- Executive Committee
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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.
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
governmentsTBD
Donor country
governmentsThe United States of America: Gloria Steele
Vaccine industry
TBD
CEO (non-voting)
- Programme & Policy Committee
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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 Sissel Hodne Steen.
Programme & Policy Committee charter (PDF - 47K)Programme & Policy Committee membership
Unaffiliated members
Non-voting members
David Salisbury
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-Gunaid
Donor country governments
EC: Ondrej Simek
Italy: TBD
Norway: Sissel Hodne Steen (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 institute
TBD
- Governance Committee
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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 Høybråten
TBD
Institutions
WHO
Vacant
UNICEF
Pascal Villeneuve
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Jaime Sepulveda (vice chair)
Constituencies
Developing country governments
Rwanda: Richard Sezibera
Donor country governments
Sweden: Anders Molin
Donor country governments
Spain: Fidel Lopez Alvarez
Civil Society Organisations
Task Force on Child Survival: Alan Hinman
GAVI Alliance CEO
- Investment Committee
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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 Wellde (chair)
Dwight Bush
Constituencies
Donor country governments
TBD
- Audit & Finance Committee
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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)
TBD
Institutions
World Bank
David Crush
Constituencies
Developing country governments
Yemen: Magid Al-Gunaid
Donor country governments
France: Clarisse Paolini
- Fundraising Committee
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The Fundraising Committee provides strategic guidance for all fundraising and resource mobilisation efforts. It oversees the development of both public and private fundraising objectives and strategies, and serves as the focal point for donor outreach on behalf of the Alliance Board.
The Committee is chaired by Dwight Bush.
Fundraising Committee charter (PDF - 51K)Fundraising Committee membership
Unaffiliated members
Dwight Bush (chair)
George Wellde
Ashutosh Garg
Constituencies
Developing country governments
Vietnam: Trinh Quan Huan
Developing country governments
Yemen: Abdulkarim Rasae
- Evaluation Advisory Committee
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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 Board members
George Wellde
Unaffiliated Board member Constituencies
TBD
Donor country governments
Richard Sezibera
Developing Country governments (Rwanda)
Independent members
Bernard Schwartlander (chair)
Chief of Mission, UNAIDS, Beijing, China
Zenda Ofir
Executive Director, Evalnet
George Pariyo
Head of Department of Health Policy Planning and Management, Makarere University, Uganda
Helen Rees
Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and Executive Director, Reproductive Health Research Unit, Witwatersrand, South Africa
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