Global Council

The Global Council, a multilateral advisory body composed of all parties to the IVI Establishment Agreement, serves as a platform to discuss needs and solutions for vaccine research and development and advises IVI leadership on the institute’s strategic direction.
Nominated representatives to the Global Council
Austria
Representative: Dr. Florian Krammer, Professor of Infection Medicine, Medical University Vienna
Alternate: Dr. Hemma Bauer, Head of Life Sciences Department, Austrian Ministry of Education, Science and Research
Bangladesh
Representative: Mohammad Akhteruzzaman, Additional Secretary (Public Health), Health Services Division, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Alternate: Dr. Md. Shibbir Ahmed Osmani, Joint Secretary (Public Health), Health Services Division, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Alternate: Md. Golam Kibria, Deputy Secretary, Public Health Branch, Health Services Division, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Brazil
Representative: Dr. Igor Bueno, Director, Department of the Health Economic-Industrial Complex, Ministry of Health
Alternate: Maíra Ferreira Carneiro, General Coordinator of the Chemical and Biotechnological Base, Department of the Health Economic-Industrial Complex, Ministry of Health
China
Representative: Dr. Youchun Wang, Executive Director, Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Alternate: Dr. Lianpan Dai, Researcher, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Ecuador
Representative: Cristina Anabel Jácome Olivo, National Director of Immunizations, Ministry of Public Health
Alternate: Dr. Sylvia Paulina Quirola Amores, Assessment Health Technology Specialist, Ministry of Public Health
El Salvador
Representative: Dr. Amaury Morales Landrove, Head of Infectious Diseases Department, Ministry of Health
Finland
Representative: Prof. Mika Salminen, Director General, Finnish Institute of Health and Welfare
India
Representative: Meera Srivastava, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Kenya
Representative: Dr. Wesley Ronoh, Chief Executive Officer, Kenya BioVax Institute
Alternate: Prof. Elijah Martim Songok, Acting Director General, Kenya Medical Research Institute
Liberia
Representative: Dr. Yuah A Nemah, Technical Assistant, Expanded Program on Immunization, Ministry of Health
Alternate: Lasee Colee, Deputy Program Manager, Expanded Program on Immunization, Ministry of Health
Mongolia
Vacant
Netherlands
Representative: Dr. Sarah Ida Spronk, Policy Coordinator Global Health and Innovation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Oman
Vacant
Pakistan
Representative: Rahim Shah, Chief, Biological Production Division, National Institute of Health, Islamabad
Panama
Representative: H.E. Fernando Boyd Galindo, Minister of Health
Alternate: Dr. Manuel Zambrano, Vice Minister of Health
Alternate: Teresa Moreno, Director of International Affairs and Technical Cooperation, Ministry of Health
Peru
Representative: Eduardo Verne Martin, Chairman of the Expert Committee on Immunizations, Directorate of Immunizations, General Directorate of Strategic Interventions in Public Health, Ministry of Health
Alternate: Maria Elena Martinez Barrera, Executive Director of Immunizations, Directorate of Immunizations, General Directorate of Strategic Interventions in Public Health, Ministry of Health
Philippines
Representative: Hon. Teodoro J. Herbosa, Secretary of Health
Alternate: Atty. Ana Liza P. Hombrado-Duran, Director IV, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine
Republic of Korea
Representative: Dr. Yoo-kyoung Lee, Director, Division of Vaccine Development Coordination, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency
Alternate: Sorie Lee, Head, Global Health Security Team, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Rwanda
Representative: Prof. Claude Mambo Muvunyi, Director General, Rwanda Biomedical Centre
Alternate: Hassan Sibomana, Director, Vaccination Program Unit, Rwanda Biomedical Centre
Spain
Representative: Daniel Ruiz Iruela, Deputy Director General for International Programs and Institutional Relations, Carlos III Health Institute, Ministry of Health
Alternate: Antonio López Navas, Head of Executive Support Unit, Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices
Advisor: Borja Cabezón, Ambassador at Large for COVID-19 and Global Health, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation
Sri Lanka
Representative: Dr. S. Mahendra Arnold, Deputy Director General, Public Health Services (Disease Control), Ministry of Health
Alternate: Dr. P. Samitha Ginige, Chief Epidemiologist, Ministry of Health
Sweden
Representative: Dr. Johanna Rubin, Deputy Head of Unit for Vaccination Programmes, Department of Communicable Disease Control and Preparedness, Public Health Agency of Sweden
Thailand
Representative: Dr. Somlerk Jeungsmarn, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Public Health
Alternate: Dr. Sopon Iamsirithaworn, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Public Health
Alternate: Dr. Nakorn Premsri, Director, National Vaccine Institute
United Arab Emirates
Representative: Dr. Nada Hassan Al Marzouqi, Director, Public Health and Prevention Department
Alternate: Laila Hussein Al Jasmi, Head of the Communicable Diseases and Immunization Section
Uzbekistan
Representative: Dr. Nurmat Atabekov, First Vice-Chairman, Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health, Ministry of Health
Viet Nam
Vacant
World Health Organization
Vacant
Updated: May 2026

