The Partnership Board is the governing body of the Partnership and leads the Partnership in the drive towards achieving the vision through its strategies and associated operational plans.
In May 2023, the RBM Partnership named a new Board to lead the global organisation into a new era and drive momentum to end malaria for good.
This highly representational new Board includes individuals with deep expertise and experience at a senior decision-making level, as well as representation from across the Partnership, including malaria-affected countries, private sector, civil society, donor funding organisations, and entities outside the malaria and health sectors.
Dr Marijke Wijnroks
Chief of Staff, Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria
Marijke Wijnroks became Chief of Staff at the Global Fund in 2013. From June 2017 through February 2018, she served as Interim Executive Director. In her position she has a broad responsibility and a particular focus on gender and human rights and on engaging with all partners in the cause of global health. Before joining the Global Fund, Marijke Wijnroks was Ambassador for HIV/AIDS and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, and also Deputy Director of the Social Development Department, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Netherlands. In that position she has overseen policy and strategy development in areas related to HIV and AIDS, sexual and reproductive health and rights, gender, education and civil society. She earned a medical degree from Maastricht University in the Netherlands and a degree in tropical health and medicine from the Institute for Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium.
Sherwin Charles is a Co-founder of Goodbye Malaria and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. He has more than a decade of experience in the banking and financial services industry and began his career at Ernst & Young. In 2006, he joined the Nando’s team, focusing on finance and treasury. He helped Nando’s grow their support for malaria elimination, becoming one of the first African corporates to donate to the Global Fund and with Nando’s support launched Goodbye Malaria with Robbie Brozin and Kim Lazarus.
Dr Lola Dare is an award-winning community physician, epidemiologist, public health practitioner, development consultant, social entrepreneur and irrepressible global health advocate for women, girls, young persons for over 30 years. She has championed the application of evidence and data for policy, evaluation and accountability demand functions of a broad range of non-state actors including civil society and community-based organizations, private sector and the media. She is currently the President of CHESTRAD Global Development Synergies, a trail blazing and award winning African-led social enterprise operating in Africa, Europe and North America with its headquarters office in Nigeria. She has served in many roles in governance mechanisms in Africa and internationally, including the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, GAVI and the African Union. Dr Lola Dare is a graduate of the College of Medicine University of Ibadan, Nigeria’s foremost College of Medicine, and holds a Master’s degree in Epidemiology.
Dr Helen Jamet,
Deputy Director, Vector Control, Malaria, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Dr Helen Jamet has more than 20 years of experience in malaria prevention, research and vector control product development. She joined the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2018 as Deputy Director, Vector Control in the malaria programme strategy team.
Helen worked in the private sector from 2007 to 2018, where she was responsible for product development and defining the pathway to bring new products to market, including the first next-generation long lasting insecticidal mosquito net. Prior to joining the private sector, Helen was based in Tanzania, where she conducted field research and evaluated mosquito traps being developed for the African market.
Helen holds a PhD in Infectious Diseases and a Master of Science in Medical Parasitology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She earned a Bachelor’s of Science (Hons) in Applied Biology from the University of Leeds in the UK. She is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene and the Royal Entomological Society.
United Nations Office for Project Services
The United Nations Offices for Project Services (UNOPS) serves as the host of the RBM Partnership to End Malaria. UNOPS serves in an ex-officio function on the Partnership Board.