CEPI (the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations) has appointed three new board members and renewed two other members to support CEPI’s epidemic and pandemic strategy. Two of the new members are vaccine experts – Luc Debruyne, former president of global vaccines at GSK, and Dr Katey Owen, director of vaccines and neglected tropical diseases at the Gates Foundation. The third new member, Dr Petra Khoury, global director of health and care at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, has been appointed chair of CEPI’s joint coordination group. Dr Yasuhiro Suzuki was reappointed to the CEPI board as a representative of the CEPI investors council and Adrian Hennah was renewed as an adviser to CEPI’s audit and risk committee.
CEPI made the announcement on 2 April 2026.
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