Marijn Verhoef

Marijn Verhoef is Director of Private Sector Engagement at the Foundation. He oversees the Foundation’s engagement with companies and investors, and has led the establishment of the Continuous Intelligence Unit. Prior to this role, Marijn served as Director of Research, Director of Operations and interim Director of Government Engagement and Policy. In these roles, he led the research team and drove high-quality research outcomes that contributed to impactful change and oversaw the implementation of strategy, progress tracking and internal alignment across the organisation.

Marijn regularly speaks at international conferences and represents the Foundation in international media and investor meetings, where he connects the dots between the Foundation’s research, health equity and the corporate strategies of companies and investors.

He brings over ten years of experience in the pharmaceutical sector and in global health, with roles spanning engagement, research, operations management, marketing and medical affairs. Before joining the Foundation, Marijn worked for a multinational pharmaceutical company in roles related to immunology and infectious diseases.

Marijn is a pharmacist by training, holding both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Utrecht University in the Netherlands, where he completed a thesis on medication-related hospital admissions.