Chairman
William Kwabena Ampofo is Associate Professor and Head of the Virology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
Director
Dr Simon Agwale has a Ph.D. in virology and vaccinology. He has over 20 years’ experience combining top-level scientific research with the operations of Biotech companies.
Executive Director
Patrick Tippoo has more than 30 years experience in the vaccine manufacturing industry. He has been with Biovac, a private public partnership in South Africa, since its inception in 2003.
Director
Jean-Vivien Mombouli is molecular and cellular pharmacologist with à PhD from Université de Poitiers (France) in 1985.
Director
Dr. Chidi Nweneka was recently re-elected as a board member of AVMI during the 2021 virtual annual general meeting.
Vice Chair
Anissa Boumlic-Courtade, is Director, Head of the Strategy operationalization group within Bioprocessing Strategy, Process Solutions division of Life Sciences division of Merck kgAa, Darmstadt Germany.
Executive & Administrative Assistant
Melissa Schouw is currently the Executive Administrative Officer at AVMI.
Part Time Voluntary Administrative Assistant
Kerisha Batohi is the team lead at Cape Biologix Technologies, a transient plant-based expression production facility based in Cape Town.
Part-Time Voluntary Legal Support
Charlie is a Scientist/Attorney with passion for Intellectual Property (“IP”) and the implementation of the associated rights particularly for start-up companies.