Wemos is pleased to welcome two new members to our supervisory board: Katri Bertram and Leigh Kamore Haynes. With their extended expertise on global health, relevant networks and experience, they will actively contribute to our organization’s course and further strengthen our position and (global) ambitions. The two new members have joined our supervisory board as of January 2024.
Katri Bertram is a senior global health professional with 20 years of work experience in building and strengthening international health and development partnerships. She specializes in government relations, strategic stakeholder engagement, governance, advocacy, and fundraising. She has previously worked for the German Ministry of Health, where she headed the 2022 G7 health track and was lead negotiator for G20; the World Bank’s Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents (GFF), where she headed External Relations, and Save the Children, where she led global advocacy, policy, and campaigning. Katri will be part of the audit committee in the Wemos supervisory board.
Leigh Kamore Haynes is an Associate Professor of Practice at Simmons University in Boston, USA, and Director of the university’s Master of Public Health Program. Leigh is also a researcher in the Faculty of Political Science, Department of Conflict and Development at Ghent University. Leigh’s teaching, research and practice focuses on health and human rights law and policy, including the role social movements and people’s organizations play in securing human rights and social justice for everyone. As a health advocate and activist, Leigh is active with the People’s Health Movement’s North America and Europe regions, the Framework Convention Global Health Alliance and the Law Section of the American Public Health Association. Leigh will be part of the remuneration committee in the Wemos supervisory board.
We extend them both a warm welcome to Wemos!
Thanking our departing supervisory board members
As we welcome both Katri and Leigh into the supervisory board, members Ed Rutters (chair) and Lejo van der Heiden (vice chairman / secretary) will be stepping down. Both have been on our board for the maximum of two terms, eight years in total. With much gratitude, we would like to thank Ed and Lejo for their dedication and commitment to our organization over the past years.
Ingrid van de Stadt, who has been part of the board since 2021, will step into the role of chairperson.
