Ivan Wolffers (Moderator)
Professor in 'Health Care in Developing Countries' - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - The Netherlands
Ivan Wolffers
The Netherlands (Amsterdam)
Professor in 'Health Care in Developing Countries', Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
In 1975 Ivan Wolffers graduated as M.D. from the State University in Utrecht and a year later he successfully finished the training for GP. In 1987 he got his PhD in medical anthropology and social medicine from the State University in Leiden. In 1989 he was appointed as professor in 'health care in developing countries' at the Vrije University in Amsterdam, and since that year he is running the department 'Health Care and Culture' in the Medical Faculty. He has been involved in several research...
Femke Markus (Co-Speaker 1)
Managing Director - Access to Medicine Index - The Netherlands
Engaging the Pharmaceutical Industry to Leverage SROI
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Femke Markus
The Netherlands (Haarlem)
Managing Director, Access to Medicine Index
As Managing Director, Femke is responsible for the daily management of the Access to Medicine Index, focusing on building relationships with different stakeholder groups, further development of the Access to Medicine Index and establishment of a professional and sustainable organization. Over the years Femke has done several management and business development projects with a strong focus and interest on establishing new projects in the scientific and medical area. In the past three years she...
My-Linh Ngo (Co-Speaker 1)
Associate Director SRI Research - Henderson Global Investors Limited - United Kingdom
My-Linh Ngo
United Kingdom (London)
Associate Director SRI Research, Henderson Global Investors Limited
My-Linh Ngo is Associate Director SRI Research in the Sustainable & Responsible Investment (SRI) team at Henderson Global Investors, a leading fund management company. My-Linh has responsibility for sustainability and corporate responsibility (CR) analysis and engagement for Henderson SRI funds. Her sector and theme responsibilities includes healthcare, as such she has led and continues to lead on HendersonĂ¢s various engagement initiatives with the pharma industry including with the Pharmaceu...
Wendell Potter (Speaker 2)
Senior Fellow on Health Care - Center for Media & Democracy - United States of America
Is Commercialization of Health Insurance and Health Care Compatible With TBLI?
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Wendell Potter
United States of America (Madison)
Senior Fellow on Health Care, Center for Media & Democracy
William C. Osborn (Speaker 3)
Managing Partner - Commons Capital LP - United States of America
Commons Global Health Fund
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William C. Osborn
United States of America (Brookline, MA)
Managing Partner, Commons Capital LP
William Osborn is the founding General Partner of Commons Capital LP and the Massachusetts Green Energy Fund, both Boston-based high social impact venture capital funds investing in healthcare, education and cleantech companies. In the last two years, Mr. Osborn and his partner Elizabeth Bailey have been working under a Gates Foundation grant to explore financing mechanisms for using a venture capital model to invest in sustainable businesses addressing healthcare problems the developing world...
Lisa Conte (Speaker 4)
Founder and Chief Executive Officer - Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - United States of America
Social Change in the Pharmaceutical Industry
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