Speakers | Youth Career Accelerator in Health

A Career Built on Global Impact

Hear directly from an internationally respected leader whose work connects policy, institutions, partnerships, and people.

Prof. Paul Lalvani

Founder and Executive Director, Empower School of Health, Geneva

Prof. Paul Lalvani is the Founder and Executive Director of Empower School of Health, Geneva, and a former United Nations diplomat. With more than three decades of experience, he has supported health workforce development, pharmaceutical management, public health supply chains, and health systems strengthening in more than 30 countries.

Featured session Leading Global Health Careers: From Ambition to Impact

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Explore leaders from international organizations, government, academia, health technology, and the pharmaceutical industry.

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Prof. Paul Lalvani

Founder and Executive Director, Empower School of Health, Geneva

Alexander A. Mejía

Director, Division for People and Social Development, United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

Driss Boudeffa

Business Development & Strategic Parterships, Public Relations Manager, Sartorius, Switzerland

Senator Olanrewaju Tejuoso

Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council, University of Abuja, Nigeria

Vicki Blackman

Health Attache, Permanent Mission of Barbados to the United Nations, Geneva

Freya Fawzy

Global Marketing and Brand Lead, Roche, Switzerland

Henri Fourcault

Director, Centre for Leadership Development, Empower School of Health, Geneva

Abdul Ghaffar

The Aga Khan University, Pakistan

Ankit Kaushik

Associate Director - Projects & Partnerships, Empower School of Health, Geneva

Daniel Nazarov

Senior Programme Coordinator, United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

Begoña Santaella Gómez

General Coordinator of Human Resources, United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

Daniel Oyaole

Senior Manager for Digital Health Information at Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance

Alanna France

MSc Women's Health Student, University College London (UCL)

Theresa Diaz

President and Co-founder of dataHEARD, Switzerland and Adjunct Professor, City College of New York, School of Public Health, USA

Bernadette Nirmal Kumar

Special Advisor, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway and Co-Chair, Lancet Migration

George Jagoe

Executive Vice President, Medicines for Malaria Venture

Chrys Promesse Kaniki

Public Health Expert - Youth Empowerment & Leadership in Global Health, Former Africa CDC Youth Programmes Lead

Mara Robescu

Project Officer, Division for People and Social Development, UNITAR

Luca Wunderlich

Project Officer, Division for People and Social Development, UNITAR

Harpreet Kaur

Associate Professor, Empower School of Health, Geneva

Shyamli Thakur

Manager – Business Development & Partnerships, Empower School of Health, Geneva

Denis Broun

Pharmaceutical and Supply Chain Expert, Empower School of Health, Geneva

Ahmed Ogwell

CEO and President, VillageReach, Washington, USA

Faith Nekabari Nfii

Director, Strategy – Office of the CEO/President, VillageReach, USA

Jason T. Shellaby

Director, Multilateral Organisations and Global Health Policy, Novartis

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