Dr. Ahmed Ogwell is the CEO and President of VillageReach, a global health organization strengthening primary healthcare systems to be responsive for under-reached communities. Ahmed is a Kenyan public health expert with three decades of experience at national, regional and global levels. He was most recently the Vice President for Global Health Strategy at the UN Foundation, where he spearheaded global health policy, advocacy, convening, thought leadership and grant making in support of the UN’s priorities.
Prior to this, he was Deputy Director-General at Africa CDC, an institution he served in various leadership capacities, including as acting CEO, and the founding Deputy Director. He led Africa CDC during a time of significant growth and transformation, steering Africa’s complex and successful response to the COVID-19 pandemic and other disease threats, including Ebola, Marburg and cholera.
Prior to this, Dr. Ogwell held distinguished roles at WHO and at the Ministry of Health in Kenya. He is an alumnus of the University of Nairobi, the Centre for International Health at the University of Bergen, the Harvard Business School and a Fellow of the Academy of Public Health.
