About the TB Alliance
Board of Directors
Board of Directors
The Board assumes fiduciary responsibility for the TB Alliance and guides its business strategy, actions, and budget. A Chief Executive Officer leads the organization and is a member of the Board.

The Board consists of thirteen directors, elected for staggered three-year terms, and represents government agencies, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, private foundations, and non-governmental organizations.

An elected member of the Stakeholders Association serves as an ex-officio member of the Board of Directors.
Board of Directors
  • Dr. Gijs Elzinga | Chair
    Deputy Director-General, Netherlands' National Institute of Public Health and the Environment
  • Dr. Olusoji Adeyi
    Coordinator, Public Health Programs, The World Bank
  • Dr. Bruce Carter
    President and Chief Executive Officer, ZymoGenetics
  • Ms. Julia Gregory
  • Mr. Mark Kessel
    Managing Director, Symphony Capital LLC
  • Dr. Anthony MBewu
    President, Medical Research Council of South Africa
  • Dr. Jerome Premmereur
    President and Chief Executive Officer, TB Alliance
  • Dr. K. Anji Reddy
    Chairman, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.
  • Dr. Lee Reichman
    Executive Director, Global Tuberculosis Center, New Jersey Medical School
  • Dr. George A. Scangos
    President and Chief Executive Officer, Exelixis, Inc.
  • Dr. Peter Small
    Senior Program Officer for Tuberculosis, Global Health Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Prof. Petro Terblanche | ex officio
    President, TB Alliance Stakeholders Association
    Executive Director, Technology & Innovation, Medical Research Council of South Africa
  • Dr. Thelma Tupasi-Ramos
    President, Tropical Disease Foundation
Former Directors
  • Dr. Gail Cassell
    Vice President, Scientific Affairs, Eli Lilly and Company
  • Dr. Paul Herrling
    Head of Corporate Research, Novartis International AG
  • Mr. Charles Kaye
    Co-President, Warburg Pincus
  • Mr. Seán Lance
    Chairman of the Board, Chiron Corporation (retired)
  • Dr. John La Montagne
    Deputy Director, U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/National Institutes of Health (deceased)
  • Dr. Malegapuru William Makgoba
    Vice Chancellor and Principal, University of Natal
  • Dr. Carlos Morel
    Scientific Coordinator, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
  • Mr. James Orbinski | Former President, TB Alliance Stakeholders' Association
    Saul Rae Fellow, The Munk Center for International Studies and Center for Global Research, Massey College
  • Dr. Ariel Pablos-Méndez
    Director, Knowledge Management and Sharing, World Health Organization
  • Mr. Parag Saxena
    CEO & Managing Member, Vedanta Capital
  • Sir David Weatherall
    Founding Director Emeritus, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford
  • Dr. Charles Yu | Former President, TB Alliance Stakeholders' Association
    Chairman, Philippines Coalition Against Tuberculosis (PhilCAT)


The Global Alliance for TB Drug Development is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt organization recognized under section 501(c)3 of the United States Revenue Code; contributions are tax-deductible in the United States. The Alliance is also registered in the Annex of the Belgian State Gazette for non-profit organizations, as of February 28, 2002.