Grand Challenges Canada is a not-for-profit organization created, in part, with funding from the Government of Canada. We adhere to strict controls and oversight. We fund and provide support to not-for-profit and charitable organizations, academic institutions and socially-minded small- and medium-sized businesses in Canada and low- and middle-income countries.
The Investment Committee comprises experts in health, science and business who together guide Grand Challenges Canada investment decisions. The Committee reviews and approves all investments made at Transition to Scale.
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Cédric Bisson
CanadaPartner, Teralys Capital
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Marine Buissonnière
FranceIndependent Researcher and Advisor in Humanitarian Action and Global Health; Senior Advisor, Resolve to Save Lives
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Abdul Malik Al-Jaber
Canada & JordanAngel investor; Founder and Chairman of MENA Apps; Chairman, PalGaz/United, Khan El Omdan and Hasad; Board member, Injaz, Massayef and Golden Mills
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Gina Ogilvie
CanadaProfessor, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; Canada Research Chair, Global Control of HPV-Related Disease and Prevention; Assistant Director, Women's Health Research Institute; Senior Public Health Scientist, BC Centre for Disease Control
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Gerhard Pries
CanadaFounder and Executive Chair, Sarona Asset Management Inc., Chair of the Investment Committee
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Tracey Webster
South AfricaCEO, Oppenheimer Memorial Trust
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Josea Rono
KenyaCo-founder and Managing Director at E&K Consulting Firm; Co-founder and convenor of the Health Exchange (HealthX); PhD from Karolina Institute Global Health; World Bank Health Financing Consultant; Wellcome Trust and Swedish Institute Fellow
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Emi Mahmoud
Sudan, USAPoet, Activist, Founder, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador