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Jacob van der Blij

Head of Risk | Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

As Head of Risk at Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance – a $21bn international fund to support the world’s poorest countries in vaccinating every child and co-leading the COVAX initiative to provide equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines – Jacob is responsible for overseeing the implementation of effective risk management practices across the Alliance, instilling a culture of responsible risk-taking, facilitating Risk Committee meetings with senior leadership including the CEO, and reporting strategic top risks to the Board. Prior to Gavi, Jacob was a risk consultant in Switzerland and the Netherlands, advising large corporations as well as international organisations. He holds a Master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence, a post-graduate degree in IT-Auditing and is a certified ISO 31000 Risk Management Professional. As a member of the World Economic Forum's Chief Risk Officers community he provides input to the annual WEF Global Risks Report and he regularly presents at international conferences and teaches at university MBA programmes.

jvanderblij@gavi.org

Speaker for

COVAX: the risky business of managing pandemic risk
Day 2 | May 20, 2022 09:20 (CET)