As a director at GHV, Timothy provides leadership on immunizations and strategy for multilateral organizations. He supports GHV’s engagements with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, focusing on their interactions with global health institutions such as WHO, UNICEF, GFATM, and GFF. Timothy leverages his deep understanding of the global health ecosystem with well-honed problem-solving skills, stakeholder management, and diplomacy.

Timothy brings more than 15 years of expertise working across various issues in developing countries, including primary healthcare; noncommunicable and infectious diseases; maternal, newborn, and child health; global health product development; and last-mile service delivery.

Before joining GHV, Timothy worked with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as a health strategist, global health fellow, and international consultant. Previously, he was a practicing family physician at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital in Nigeria and held various positions with the WHO Africa regional office, John Snow, Inc., and the Society for Family Health.

Timothy holds an MPH in global health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and earned his medical degree from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. He is a fellow of the West African College of Physicians and has lived and worked in Nigeria, the Republic of Congo, and the U.S. He currently lives in Canada.

Outside of work, Timothy enjoys volunteering and walks in nature. He is a self-proclaimed tennis historian, basketball pundit, and master of card games. His greatest joy, however, is spending quality time with his family.

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Areas of Expertise:

• Strategy planning and management

• Problem solving

• Multilateral organizations

• Stakeholder management

• Health systems

• Infectious and non-infectious diseases

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