LEADERSHIP
Presidents 2021
Isaac KajjaInternational President 2021
PrincipalMakerere University College of Health SciencesUganda
Axel Radlach PriesWorld Health Summit President
DeanCharité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinGermany
Management
Jörg HeldmannManaging DirectorWHS Foundation GmbH
Founding President
Detlev GantenFounding President
World Health SummitCharité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinGermany
Former Presidents
2020Charles Ibingira
PrincipalMakerere University College of Health SciencesUganda
2019Ali Jafarian
Former ChancellorTehran University of Medical SciencesIran
2018João Gabriel Silva
Former RectorUniversity of CoimbraPortugal
2018Fernando Regateiro
Chairman of the Board of DirectorsCoimbra University HospitalsPortugal
2017Hélène Boisjoly
DeanFaculty of Medicine, University of MontrealCanada
2016Antoine Flahault
DirectorInstitute of Global Health, University of GenevaSwitzerland
2015Shunichi Fukuhara
Former DeanSchool of Public Health, Kyoto UniversityJapan
2014José Otávio Costa Auler Jr.
Former DeanFaculty of Medicine, University of São PauloBrazil
2013John Eu-Li Wong
Chief ExecutiveNational University Health SystemSingapore
2012Michael J. Klag
Former DeanJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthUSA
2011Steve Wesselingh
DeanMonash University, MelbourneAustralia
2010Stephen K. Smith
Pro Rector HealthImperial College LondonUnited Kingdom
2009Axel Kahn
DeanSorbonne Paris CitéFrance
Scientific Committee
Co-Chairs
Ambassadors
Council
Co-Chairs
Members
Ala Alwan
University of Washington, Department of Global Health
Rifat Atun
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Till Bärnighausen
Heidelberg University
Gunther Beger
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Ingo Behnel
German Federal Ministry of Health
Christoph Beier
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Christoph Benn
Director Global Health Diplomacy, The Joep Lange Institute
Tobias Bergner
German Federal Foreign Office
Arnaud Bernaert
World Economic Forum
Catherina Böhme
Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics
Thomas B. Cueni
International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA)
Manfred Dietel
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Klaus Dugi
Ferring Pharmaceuticals
Timothy Evans
World Bank
Roland Göhde
GHA - German Health Alliance
Jörg Hacker
German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (until 2020)
Shannon Hader
UNAIDS
Andrew Haines
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Alexander Hewer
Klinikum Stuttgart
Zsuzsanna Jakab
World Health Organization
Ashish Jha
Brown University
Stefan Kaufmann
Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology
Susanna Krüger
Save the Children Germany
Bärbel Kurth
Robert Koch Institute
Steve Landry
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Yves Levy
French Institute of Health and Medical Research Inserm (until 2018)
Marion Lieser
Oxfam Germany
Klaus Lindpaintner
InterVenn Biosciences
Jürgen Mlynek
Falling Walls Foundation
Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti
World Health Organization
Bernd Montag
Siemens Healthineers
Andreas Penk
Pfizer Germany
Hagen Pfundner
Roche Pharma AG
Peter Piot
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Erich Reinhardt
Medical Valley
Heinz Riederer
iNG innovation. Nachhaltigkeit. Gesundheit
Maike Röttger
Association Development and Humanitarian Aid
Matthias Scheller
Albertinen-Diakoniewerk
Hans J. Schellnhuber
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (until 2018)
Caroline Schmutte
Wellcome Trust
Günter Stock
ALLEA - All European Academies
Veronika von Messling
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Lothar Wieler
Robert Koch Institute




























