Marijn Verhoef is Director of Operations at the Foundation. Marijn oversees implementation of strategy, tracking of the Foundation's progress and internal alignment. Furthermore, he is the interim Director of Government Engagement & Policy. In that role, he liaises with governments, private foundations and multilateral organisations that are actively working to improve global health and access to medicine. He also oversees the Foundation’s fundraising activities. Prior to assuming this role, he was the Director of Research, where he led the research team, steered key initiatives, and drove high-quality research outcomes that contributed to impactful change.
Marijn is a pharmacist by training, holding a Master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Utrecht University in the Netherlands, where he completed a thesis on medication-related hospital admissions.
Before joining the Foundation, Marijn spent more than 5 years working in marketing and medical affairs in a multinational pharmaceutical company in roles relating to immunology and infectious diseases. Marijn worked at the Foundation as a Researcher, before heading the Company Engagement team for four years. Before taking on this role, he was the Director of Research.