Lead Design and Operationalisation, Office of the COVAX FacilityGlobal Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, The
Sanne Wendes is Lead Design and Operationalisation at the Office of the Covax Facility at Gavi. Prior to her current role she was Chief of Staff of Unitaid for 6 years. In this role she led the organisations participation in Interagency Initiatives such as the Interagency Coordinating Group on Antimocrobial Resistance and the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives (SDG 3 Action Plan). She led the Executive Office team which covers functions such as Risk Management, Information Management, Organisational Strategy Development and Grant Applications. She was a member of the Senior Management Team.
Prior to this she spent 6 years in the Private Sector working for Vestergaard in various roles. During this time she was an elected Board member for the Private Sector on the Roll Back Malaria Board and has an in-depth knowledge of the Private Sector and their involvement in Public Health. She has also led the company efforts in Innovative Financing focusing on developing pay for performance models to create new revenue streams for the company’s products and services.
Sanne has spent 20 years working in Public Health within HIV/AIDS, malaria, TB and Water & Sanitation and prior to joining Vestergaard, she worked for the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria, UNDP and Danish Red Cross and as a consultant working for eg Danida and the World Bank.
She has a M.Sc. in Economics from the University of Copenhagen with a focus on development economics.