Jan Paehler

Head of the Health Sector, Directorate-General International Partnerships, the European Commission

Jan Paehler is the health team leader in the European Commission's Directorate General for International Partnerships and a Deputy Head of the Unit for Social Protection and Inclusion, Health, and Demography.

Dr Paehler has previously served as GAVI board member and member on GAVIs Governance Committee and Market Sensitive Decisions Committee. He was also an alternate board member at the Global Fund 2011-2018, where he chaired the Ethics and Governance Committee and several nomination committees for senior leadership roles.

Dr Paehler is a medical doctor with a doctorate in cardiology and an MSc in Health Systems Management. He spent five years in Ghana. First in clinical service for the Ghana Health Service in Accra, then overseeing government grants as USAID's Child Health and Infectious Diseases Advisor. In this capacity Dr Paehler also served on the local coordination mechanisms for the Global Fund and Gavi.

Before moving to the European Commission in Brussels, Dr Paehler worked for the Advisory Council on Developments in the German Health Care System, the major think tank on health systems advising the German Minister of Health.