Education
Masters of Nutrition Sciences; Masters of Public Health
About
As Strategy and External Affairs Lead, Vanessa works on organizational strategy, stakeholder engagement, governance and business development. Having co-lead the project on assessing the health, economic impact and ROI of investing in R&D for neglected diseases, she is also responsible for shaping the portfolio of work related to measuring the impact of investments in global health R&D.
Vanessa joined Impact Global Health in 2022 bringing 20 years of experience in global public health with a focus on international public-private partnerships, stakeholder mobilization and advocacy, as well as global policy and programming for health security, non-communicable disease, health promotion and access to universal health coverage. She has held executive and senior leadership positions in organizations such as the World Economic Forum, the World Health Organization, the Hepatitis Fund and the Portuguese Ministry of Health.
In addition to her training as a nutritionist at the Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences in Porto University, and her Master’s in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), she also graduated from the Executive Masters in Leadership and Management organized by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with INSEAD, IMD, CEIBS, LSE, Wharton Business School and Columbia University.
