Biography
Bill is a physician, entrepreneur, and leader in global health whose professional work has spanned technology development, public policy, and innovative business models to deliver health care and other services to marginalized populations. Bill launched research programs on diagnostics and global health at Harvard Medical School before joining the William J. Clinton Foundation as Chief Medical Officer, where he helped broker pricing agreements of HIV drugs and diagnostic tests between African and Asian governments and the major suppliers. He was the founding CEO of Daktari Diagnostics, a for-profit social venture focused on the diagnosis of the diseases of poverty, and served as the Chief Medical Officer and CEO for the Foundation for Innovative Diagnostics (FIND), a public-private partnership for global health based in Geneva. He has served as an advisor to the World Health Organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and more than a dozen national governments.
Regional Focus
Central and Southern Asia, Eastern and Southern Africa, Eastern Asia, Europe, Middle East and North Africa, North America, Southeast Asia, West and Central Africa