Muhammad Ali Pate is Co-Chair of the Future of Health & Economic Resilience in Africa initiative and Julio Frenk Professor of the Practice of Public Health Leadership, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Previously, he was the Global Director of Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) Global Practice of the World Bank and the Director of Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents (GFF), based in Washington DC. Dr. Pate also acted as the Chief Executive Officer of Big Win Philanthropy, based in the UK, and prior to that, held several senior positions, including that of Minister of State for Health in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He was previously in the World Bank Group where he joined as a Young Professional in 2000 and worked on health issues in several regions including Africa and the East Asia and Pacific.
Dr. Pate is an MD trained in both Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, with an MBA from Duke University. Prior to this he studied at the University College London. He also has a Masters in Health System Management from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK.