The Pandemic Fund

Marie-Louise Koch Wegter took up her position as Director for Multilateral Cooperation in the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 1 August 2023. Ambassador Wegter has worked in a range of leading positions in the Danish foreign service, most recently as
- Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York from 2019 to 2023,
- Deputy Head of the Department for Humanitarian Action, Migration and Civil Society from 2016 to 2019,
- Deputy Permanent Representative of Denmark to the United Nations in Geneva from 2012 to 2016,

Dr Aalisha Sahukhan is a medical doctor specialising in public health and infectious disease epidemiology. Dr Sahukhan is the founding Head of Health Protection at the Fiji Ministry of Health and Medical Services, where she leads the Fiji Centre for Disease Control (Fiji CDC), the Environmental Health Unit, and the Health Emergencies and Climate Change department. 

Umesha de Silva joined the Pandemic Fund in January 2024 as its Senior Partnerships Specialist, responsible for overseeing its resource mobilization efforts and strategic partnerships. In previous roles, Umesha supported the CEO of the Climate Investment Funds on fund mobilization for its priority investment areas, technical assistance and knowledge platforms, as well as strategic positioning in the global climate aid architecture.

Ms Outi Kuivasniemi is Deputy Director for International Affairs at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health in Finland. During her 25 year career at the Ministry, Ms Kuivasniemi’s focus has been on global and EU health and social policies and she is a senior expert in health security, global health governance and financing. Ms Kuivasniemi has accrued wide understanding of issues around global health and multilateral collaboration.

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