Nina Desai

As a Senior Consultant at GHV, Nina supports partners such as the Gates Foundation on policy, advocacy, and communications related to donor collaboration in AI. She brings her experience scaling AI solutions to support the foundation’s initiatives in this space.  

Nina is a medical doctor by background and has worked in global health systems for the past 15 years.  Her expertise is in healthcare financing, advanced analytics/AI, and innovative healthcare models in low-resource settings. She works with governments, payers, and providers in low- and middle-income countries in Asia and Africa to improve their population health outcomes by scaling new models of health systems delivery.

Previously, Nina has worked in global health roles with commercial enterprises and academic organizations, including the George Institute for Global Health, where she established a “Data for Impact” initiative to support governments and payers in low- and middle-income countries to use their data more effectively.  

Nina holds a medical degree and Master’s in Community Medicine from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and a Bachelor’s of Science from Brown University.  Originally from the U.S., she lives in London with her family.

Areas of Expertise:

• Health care financing

• Advanced analytics and AI

• Healthcare delivery/population health

• Scaling start-ups

• Impact investing

Meet the GHV team

Our consulting roster consists of a core team plus a vast network of over 100 expert consultants, spanning the globe, with a range of skill sets and issue area expertise. 

Meet the GHV team

Our consulting roster consists of a core team plus a vast network of over 100 expert consultants, spanning the globe, with a range of skill sets and issue area expertise.