Global Council

IVI's Global Council meets in Seoul, Republic of Korea on May 9, 2025. Credit: IVI

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