About Us

Our Team

Meet our team. Our expertise and experience in global health is wide-ranging; from R&D portfolios, to research and analysis, health economics, business models and funding approaches, and to communications and engagement.

Our Board

Meet our Board who steer and govern Impact Global Health.

Sharon Winks

Chair

Sharon is a highly experienced and successful executive consultant and Not for Profit (NFP) board Director with a career spanning over thirty years in both the public and private sectors. She has been the Chair and member of various NFP boards at a local and national level for nearly 20 years and currently facilitates the Company Director Course and presents webinars for the AICD. She has also worked in South East Asia with the World Bank and UNDP.

Cindi Lefari

Non-Executive Director

Cindi is an accomplished legal and corporate finance expert with over a decade of board-level experience. As a non-executive director, she brings strategic insights on risk management, corporate governance, and compliance, leveraging her background in law and a masters degree in public health.

Ronan Lehane

Non-Executive Director

Ronan brings over 15 years of accounting and finance experience across the US, Europe, and Australia to his role as a Director on the Impact Global Health board, helping to provide financial oversight for our operations.

Johanna Wicks

Non-Executive Director

Johanna brings over 20 years of experience in developing strategic partnerships, influencing policy, and securing substantial funding for global and domestic health initiatives.

Our leadership team

Meet our leadership team and discover their roles and expertise.

Dr Nick Chapman

Chief Executive Officer

As the CEO of Impact Global Health, Nick is ultimately responsible for every project and publication, acting as the public face of the organisation while using his background in medicine to ensure that the annual G-FINDER report is clear, accurate and engaging.

Maya Goldstein

Director of Strategy and External Affairs; Gender Lead

Maya leads our business development and partnerships work, executing external engagement and organisational development strategies that build strong, enduring and mutually reinforcing relationships with key experts and organisations across the global health R&D sector. As Gender Lead, she is also responsible for advising on the design and execution of gender-intentional research, external engagement, and internal operations, and co-leads a number of Impact Global Health’s sexual, maternal, women’s and gender-related health projects.

Dr Sabastine Wakdok

Director of Research

Sabastine leads Impact Global Health’s research and analysis portfolio related to the biomedical product development landscape across neglected diseases, emerging infectious diseases, and sexual and reproductive health. His team is comprised of dedicated and exceptional scientists, biomedical, economics, and public health professionals who rigorously analyse the global landscape of R&D funding in global health.

Rebecca Vanderhoek

Director of Operations

Rebecca is Director of Operations at Impact Global Health, where she leads the organisation's financial management, operational systems, people and culture, risk and compliance, and organisational monitoring functions. A member of the Senior Leadership Team, she works closely with the CEO to build and maintain the organisational foundations that enable IGH's mission to be delivered. Rebecca brings over 10 years of experience in operations leadership, prior to which she ran her own nutrition consultancy.

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