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Global Expertise

Meet Our Expert Team

Our team brings together leading experts in digital health, policy, technology, and healthcare delivery from around the world.

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Experts
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Countries
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LMIC Projects

Core Team

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Florence Gaudry-Perkins

Founder & CEO

Florence founded Digital Health Partnerships in 2016, driven by her conviction that digital health can improve people’s lives by increasing access to ...

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Céline Fleischmann

Managing Director Consulting

Driven by her passion for healthcare, notably improving patient care in developing countries, Céline joined the DHP adventure in January 2022 as a Sen...

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Marie Ollivier

Managing Director Advocacy

Marie joined Digital Health Partnerships from its inception in 2016 after graduating from Sciences Po - Paris School of International Affairs, where s...

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Patrick Scherer

Communications Manager

Patrick joined DHP in September 2021, focusing on content creation and managing its website and social-media channels. DHP’s mission – improving unive...

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Global Network of Partner Consultants

DHP benefits from the collective impact and intelligence of select partners across the globe.

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Brazil

Paulo Gusmão

Paulo Gusmão is a visionary IT entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience, primarily in health tech. As the co-founder and CEO of OTAWA Health, he has spearheaded the development of an advanced Onc...

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Brazil / Germany

Sven B. Modrow

A global health innovator with extensive expertise in leveraging technology and partnerships to address healthcare challenges in the Global South, Sven played a pivotal role in building the healthcare...

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Cameroon

Prof. Georges Bediang

Prof. Georges Bediang is a Cameroonian Medical Doctor who obtained a PhD in Medical Informatics and a Master of Advanced Studies in Public Health at the University of Geneva. He is currently Associate...

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Canada

Dr. Ousmane Ly

An international consultant in public health, global health, and digital health, Dr. Ousmane Ly is currently a Digital Health Expert and Research Professional at the Interdisciplinary Center for Inter...

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Ethiopia

Dr. Maraki Fikre Merid

An Ethiopian-native Canadian healthcare expert, Dr. Maraki Fikre Merid has a deep passion for the betterment of healthcare focused on women’s health and innovative models that can increase affordable,...

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Germany

Dr. Aline Menden

Cofounder and managing director of Endeva, Aline Menden is an expert on business-model and system innovations that advance SDGs and achieve positive impact at scale. Her work focuses on low- and middl...

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Guatemala

Joseline Carías Galeano

Joseline Carías Galeano is a Latin-American specialist and project consultant on digital transformation, focusing on the social sector. A digital health promoter and networking activist, she is curren...

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India

Jai Ganesh Udayasankaran

A senior manager for healthcare information technology and telehealth programs at Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust, a public charitable trust in India, Jai Ganesh Udayasankaran has coordinated the impleme...

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Kenya

Dr. Stephen Mburu

An international expert in data warehousing, systems integration, and formulation of digital health strategies, Dr. Stephen Mburu has contributed to health informatics research and the development of ...

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Mali

Prof. Cheick Oumar Bagayoko

An expert in medical informatics and eHealth, Prof. Bagayoko is currently Head of the Innovation and Digital Health Center at the University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako in Mali....

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Netherlands

Femke Smeets

An entrepreneurial business strategist and fundraising expert, Femke Smeets brings over 15 years of experience in innovative healthcare financing and delivery projects as well as blended finance and p...

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Pakistan

Ather Saeed

Ather Saeed is an experienced business consultant who works at the intersection of healthcare, technology, and health equity....

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Rwanda

Dr. Richard Gakuba

Dr. Richard Gakuba has served as an international digital health consultant for over 16 years, with experience in 10 countries in Africa. He has a medical degree and a master’s degree in e-Health/Digi...

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Senegal

Nils Kaiser

Nils is an adviser for Digital Development and ICT4D based in Dakar, Senegal. As founder of kaikai.dev, he leads a team of local and regional advisers that provides strategic, program design and techn...

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Singapore

Patrick Veron

Patrick Veron is an entrepreneurial business consultant who has been a key actor in the development of digital infrastructures and businesses for more than two decades....

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Switzerland

Philippe Lepère

Philippe Lepère is an independent consultant specializing in global health and AIDS response, bringing to DHP over 25 years of experience with civil society, bilateral and multilateral cooperation, an...

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United Kingdom

Peter Drury

A specialist in the development of policies and strategies to support the use of ICT in delivering improved health systems, particularly in Africa and Southeast Asia, Peter Drury brings to DHP over 18...

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United States

Anthony Connor

An expert in US-government eHealth policies, regulations, and priorities, as well as in the design of open-source ICT4D platforms for national-scale interventions, Anthony brings over 10 years of expe...

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United States

Dr. Egbe Osifo-Dawodu

An entrepreneur and strategist, Dr. Egbe Osifo-Dawodu is a partner at Anadach based in the US. Trained as a physician, she identified early the importance of utilizing technology to improve health out...

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