Governance Committee

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The Governance Committee is responsible for ensuring the smooth operations of GAVI's governance structure

The Governance Committee was established to assist the Board in fulfilling its responsibilities relating to developing and implementing sound governance policies and practices for the GAVI Alliance. It serves the Board and the Executive Committee in an advisory function, nominating new Board members, evaluating and overseeing committees and key Governance policies.

All members are appointed on an annual basis, with renewable terms. The Board Chair and the Board Vice Chair shall each be appointed to the Committee.

Any Board member/alternate who is not a member of the Committee may attend Committee meetings as an observer. For more information, see article 4 of the By-Laws and the Governance Committee Charter.

Governance Committee membership


Geeta Rao Gupta (Chair)

Board member

Independent Individual

Maria C. Freire

Board member

Independent Individual

Dwight Bush

Board member

Independent Individual

George W. Wellde, Jr.

Board member

Vaccine industry - Industrialised

Olga Popova, Crucell

Board alternate

Civil Society Organisations

Alan Hinman

Board member

UNICEF

Nicholas Alipui

Board member

Governments - Industrialised

Simon Bland

Board member

Governments - Industrialised

José Luis Solano

Board member

Research & Technical Health Institute

Samba O. Sow

Board alternate

GAVI CEO (non-voting)

Seth Berkley

Board member

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