Leadership

International Board of Directors

Victor Nichols

Board Chair
Director of Bank of Hawaii

Jayne Millard

Jayne Millard

Vice Chair
Executive Chairman, Turtle

Jonathan Polin

Jonathan Polin

Treasurer
Chief Executive Officer of atomos wealth

Gilli Sinclair

Gilli Sinclair

Secretary
CEO, StarJam

Mike Densmore

Director
Founder & CEO, Unbridled Consulting

Tasia Filippatos

Director
President, Consumer Products, Games and Publishing. The Walt Disney Company

Dr. Kevin CH Lau

Director
Founding Executive Chairman,  Trinity Medical Group Limited

Matthias Chika Mordi

Director
CEO, National Competitiveness Council of Nigeria and Chairman, United Capital PLC

 

Kairus Tarapore

Kairus Tarapore

Director
Retired Chief Human Resource Officer, Xylem Inc. and current Board Member with Succeed Smart Inc. and The Child Center of New York

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Niv Garih

Director
Executive Board Member, Alarko Group Of Companies and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Alarko Carrier Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.Ş.

 

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Joseph Chong

Director
Regional Vice President, Asia, and Managing Director, Hong Kong, The Peninsula Hotels

 

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Damian Thornton

Director
Managing Director, Piper Sandler

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Nina Maldonado

Director
CEO, Impact Communications

Matt Lewis

Legal Counsel
Partner, White & Case

Senior Leadership Team

Luciano Manzo

President & CEO

Sylvia Hopkins Hanneman

Vice President
Marketing & Digital

Carly Galli

Vice President
Technology & Innovation

Léna Quéromès

Vice President
Finance & Administration

Fiona Kearney

Vice President
Fundraising

Jenny Cook

Vice President
Affiliate Development & Support

Medical Advisory Committee

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Dr. Kevin Lau

MPA, MPH, MBBS (HK)
FHKCR, FRCR (UK) and FHKAM (Radiology). Founding Executive Chairman, Trinity Medical Group, Hong Kong.
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Dr Douglas Scothorn

MD, PhD Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Mission Health, Asheville, NC.
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Dr Jeremy Lin

MBBS, MMED- Paeds, MCI (S’pore). MRCPH (UK). Paediatric Neurology (Epilepsy, Brain & Spine Conditions), National University Hospital, Singapore.
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Dr Kai Ning Cheong

MBBS (HK), MRCPCH(UK), DTM&H (LSTM), FHKAM (Paed), FHKCPaed (Fellow in Paediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases), Paediatric Rheumatology and Immunology, Hong Kong Children’s Hospital/Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.

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Dr Giacomo Pongiglione

MD (Paed), Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Italy.

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Dr. Helena Águeda Marujo

PhD (Psychotherapy and Educational Counseling), Associate Professor at the University of Lisbon, Portugal.

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Dr. Bethaney Kaye

DNP, Director of Medical Affairs, Make-A-Wish America.

Gilli Sinclair

Gilli Sinclair

Secretary
CEO, StarJam