NESI is a public-private partnership between the University of Antwerp and the private sector. An Executive Secretariat coordinates and implements agreed-upon activities for the network. The Executive Secretariat is based at the Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Antwerp, Belgium.

The Executive Secretariat reports to a 10 member Oversight Committee. This advises on the network’s strategy and budget allocations. It also reviews the network’s outcomes. The Oversight Committee is composed of representatives from NESI’s partner organisations and from other international health organisations and alliances, which include WHO, UNICEF, GAVI, The Vaccine Fund, and others.

Members of the NESI Oversight Committee 2009

Prof. Paul-Henri Lambert – Chairman
Professor, CMU Centre of Vaccinology, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Dr. B. Benninghoff
Director Global Medical Affairs, GlaxoSmithKline, Belgium

Prof. M. Bouskraoui
Professor and Head Paediatrics, CHU Mohammed VI, Morocco

Prof. T. Dieye
Head Immunology Unit - Lab Bacteriology Virology, Le Dantec Hospital, Senegal

Prof. A. Hoosen
Professor and Head Medical Microbiology, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Prof. N. Khuri-Bulos
Professor and Chairman Paediatrics Department, Jordan University Hospital, Jordan

Dr. R. Kumar
GAVI Alliance Secretariat, Switzerland

Dr. H. Larson
Imperial College London, UK

Prof. A. Meheus
Head NESI, Department Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Antwerpen, Belgium

Dr. F. Meurice
Vice President, Global Medical Affairs - Paediatric Vaccines, GlaxoSmithKline, Belgium

Ms. P. Sakulias
Supranational Government Director, GlaxoSmithKline, UK

Dr. G. Saleh
Vice President, Commercial Development for Vaccines, International Region, UK

Dr. A. Zakariah
EPI, Ministry of Health, Ghana

NESI has full operational and scientific independence.