Dr. Anders Nordstrom

Anders Nordström is the former Swedish Ambassador for Global Health (2010-2023). He is a medical doctor and completed his studies at the Karolinska Institute.
Today, he is an advisor affiliated with the Karolinska Institute and the Stockholm School of Economics.

He is currently a member of the board of the Alliance for Health Systems Research, a member of the NUS-Lancet PRIME Commission, Chair of the International Vaccine Institute Global Advisory Group of Experts, and a member of the Virchow Foundation for Global Health Council.

Recently, he led the Secretariat for the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (2020-2021) and remains an active contributor to the Panel’s work.

At the World Health Organization (WHO), he served as Acting Director-General from May 2006 to January 2007, as Assistant Director-General for General Management from 2003 to 2006, and as Assistant Director-General for Health Systems and Services in 2007. He was Head of the WHO Country Office in Sierra Leone from 2015 to 2017.

As Interim Executive Director, he established The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria as a legal entity in 2002.

He previously served as a board member of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the GAVI Alliance, UNAIDS, and the Partnership for Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health, and has chaired a number of international working groups and processes.

From 2007 to 2010, he was the Director-General of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency.