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.

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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

Wayne Berson
George W. Wellde, Jr.
Ashutosh Garg
Institutions

UNICEF		Geeta Rao Gupta
World Bank		Cristian Baeza
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation		Jaime Sepulveda (chair)
Constituencies

Developing country governments		Nicaragua: Guillermo José González González
Donor country governments		USA: Amie Batson
Vaccine industry		Crucell: Ronald Brus
CEO (non-voting)

Helen Evans (Interim CEO)

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

Ashutosh Garg
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
		Vietnam: Nguyen Tran Hien
Donor country governments		Norway: Paul Fife
		France: Gustavo Gonzalez-Canali (chair)
		USA: Susan McKinney
		Sweden: Anders Nordström
		Italy/Spain: Leone Gianturco
Vaccine industry - industrialised		Novartis: Klaus Stohr
Vaccine industry - developing		Serum Institute India: Suresh Jadhav
Civil society organisation		Joan Awunyo Akaba
Research & technical health institutes		Anne Schuchat
Expert Advisors

Helen Rees
CEO (non-voting)

Helen Evans (Interim CEO)

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 Dagfinn Hřybrĺten.
Governance Committee charter (PDF - 44K)

Governance Committee membership

Unaffiliated members

Dagfinn Hřybrĺten (Chair)
George W. Wellde, Jr.
Institutions

UNICEF		Pascal Villeneuve
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation		Jaime Sepulveda (vice chair)
Constituencies

Donor country governments		USA: Amie Batson
		Spain: José Luis Solano
Vaccine industry - industrialised		Crucell: Olga Popova
Civil Society Organisations		Task Force on Child Survival: Alan Hinman
GAVI Alliance CEO

Helen Evans (Interim 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		UK: 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		Derek Strocher
Constituencies

Developing country governments		Yemen: Magid Al-Gunaid
Donor country governments		France: Clarisse Paolini
		Canada: Micheline Gilbert
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


Independent members

Bernhard Schwartlander (chair)		Chief of Mission, UNAIDS, Beijing, China
Zenda Ofir		Executive Director, Evalnet
Sania Nishtar		Founder, Heartfile, Pakistan
Gonzalo Hernández		Executive Director, Mexican National Council for Evaluation, Mexico
Mira Johri, Canada		Associate Professor and Researcher, University of Montréal
Rob Moodie, Australia		Chair, Global Health, Nossal Institute for Global Health, University of Melbourne
Stanley O. Foster		Professor, Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, United States