Nishtar First/Other Names: Sania Gender

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ANNEX 3 FORM FOR CURRICULUM VITAE

Family name (surname): Nishtar

First/other names: Sania

Gender: Female

Place and country of birth: Date of birth (Day/Month/Year): Peshawar, Pakistan 16-02-1963

Citizenship: Pakistani

If you have ever been found guilty of the violation of any law give full particulars: Never Civil status: Number of dependants: Married 1

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Degrees/certificates obtained:

Please indicate here the principal degrees/certificates obtained, with dates and names of institutions.

 FRCP, Fellow of Royal College of Physicians of London, 2005  Ph.D, Medicine, Kings College London, 2002  MRCP (UK), Member Royal College of Physicians of London, 1996  MCPS, Member College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan, 1991  MBBS, Khyber Medical College Peshawar, 1986. Best graduate of the year with 16 distinctions and gold medals

Knowledge of languages Mother Speak Read Write tongue Arabic

CODE: Chinese 1. Limited conversation, English 3 3 3 x reading of newspapers, French 3 routine corresponden Spanish ce. 2. Engage freely Russian in discussions, Others (please specify) read and write more difficult Urdu Yes 3 3 3 material. 3. Fluent Persian 2 (nearly) as in Punjabi 2 mother tongue Pashto 2

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Positions held

Please indicate here the positions and work experience held during your professional career, with the corresponding dates, duties, achievements/accomplishments and responsibilities.

Work experience  Founder and President, Heartfile (1998-present)  Federal Minister, Government of Pakistan (portfolios: Education and Training, Science and Technology, Information Technology and Telecommunications, Health, (2013)  Senior Registrar, Cardiology, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Islamabad (1997-2000)  Clinical attachment, Guys hospital, London (1996)  Medical Officer, General Medicine, PIMS, Islamabad (1994-1996)  Medical Officer, Hayat Shaheed Teaching Hospital, Peshawar (1990-1994)

Government of Pakistan  Candidate, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2015)  Member, National Commission on Science and Technology (2014-present)  Member Board of Governors, Benazir Income Support Program (2014-present)  Member, Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (2016-present)  Member, High Court of Pakistan’s Commission on Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (2015)  Chair, Ministry of Finance’s Task Force on Strengthening Social Safety Net Institutions (2014-2015)  Member, Economic Advisory Council, Ministry of Finance (2014-present)  Member Advisory Committee, Planning Commission (2014-present)  Member, Advisory Committee, Federal Tax Ombudsman (2014-present)  Member Board of Directors, Infrastructure Project Development Facility, Ministry of Finance (2006-2009)  Member Health Committee, National Commission on Government Reforms (2006- 07)

United Nations  Chair, UN Secretary General’s Independent Accountability Panel for the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (2015-2016); stepped down after announcement of candidacy to avoid perception of conflict of interest  Board Member, UN University International Institute for Global Health, Malaysia (2016-2019)

World Health Organization  Headquarters: o Co-Chair, WHO Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity (2014-present) o Member, WHO expert review group on an integrated response to mental health and other chronic diseases (2013-present) o Member Advisory Group, WHO Health Systems Research Strategy (2013) o Member, WHO Expert Advisory Panel on Health Promotion (2008-2013)

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o Board Member, [WHO’s] Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, (2008-2014) o Member, WHO’s Strategic Advisory Committee for Stewardship on Research on Infectious Diseases of Poverty (2009) o Member, WHO Consortium on Maximizing Positive Synergies between Health Systems and Global Health Initiatives (2008-2009) o Member, WHO Director General’s Expert Working Group on R&D and Financing (2008-2009) o Member, WHO Director General’s High-Level Task Force on Health Systems (2008) o Member, WHO’s Steering Committee, Mega Country Network on Health Promotion (2003-2004) o Served as Temporary Advisor on numerous occasions o WHO Conferences . Member, Senator Group, WHO NCDs Ashgabat European Ministerial Conference (2013) . Council of Deans; First and Second Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (2011 and 2012) . Member, WHO’s International Steering Committee, First Global Ministerial Conference on Healthy Lifestyles and NCDs (2011) . Chair, Drafting Committee, WHO’s Venice Statement on Global Health Initiatives and Health Systems (2009) . Member, Programme Committee, WHO Global Forum IV (2004)  Regional Office (WHO EMRO) o Member, Network of Health System Experts (2013-present) o Member, Regional Director’s Technical Advisory Committee (2013) o International Advisory Panel, Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal (2013- present)  Country Office o Founder and author, National Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Non- Communicable Diseases and Health Promotion, Pakistan. Tripartite Heartfile- Ministry of Health-WHO partnership (2003)

Global Alliance for Vaccine Initiative (GAVI)

 Member, GAVI Board (2015-2016)  Chair, GAVI’s Independent Evaluation Committee (2011-2014)

International Non-Governmental Organisations  Trustee, Future of Health Global Challenge initiative, World Economic Forum (2016- present)  Member, NCD Alliance Expert Advisory Council (2014-present)  Member, World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council (2007-present)  Member, US-Muslim Engagement Initiative (2011)  Member, Healthcare Advisory Council, Pakistan American Foundation (2011)  Member, Partners for a New Beginning, Aspen Institute (2011)  Member, Clinton Global Initiative (2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011)  Panel of Advisors, Center for Health Market Innovations R4D (2010)  Member, Board of Trustees, International Union for Health Promotion (2004-2010)

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 Member, Working Group, Private Sector in Health Systems, Rockefeller Foundation (2008-2009)  Member High-Level Task Force, Ministerial Leadership Initiative for Global Health, Aspen Institute (2008)  Chair, International Consortium on Community Health Promotion, IUHPE (2004-05)  Chair, Expert Panel on Women and Heart Disease, World Heart Federation (2007)  Chair, Foundations Advisory Board and Board Member, World Heart Federation (2003-2006)  Chair, Steering Committee, World Heart Day (2003-2006)  Chair, International ‘Go Red for Women’ campaign (2004)  Executive Council Member, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Cardiac Society (2000-2002)

Civil Society positions in Pakistan  Founder and President of Pakistan’s Health Policy Forum (2005)  Member Board of Governors o Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (2009- present) o Pakistan Center for Philanthropy (2013-2016) o Trust for Voluntary Organizations (2005-2008) o Chal Foundation (2012-2016)

Commissions and academic roles  Member, Stockholm Resilience Centre, The EAT-Lancet Commission, (2016-present)  Member, The Lancet and Rockefeller Foundation Commission on Planetary Health (2014-present)  Member, The Lancet and Harvard Commission on Pain and Palliative Care (2014- present)  Lead, Pakistan Lancet Series, Health Transitions in Pakistan, (2010-2013)  Member Steering Committee, the Emerging Markets Symposium, Green Templeton College, Oxford University (2014-present)  Member Advisory Committee, Lancet Global Health (2014-present)  Visiting faculty, National School of Public Policy, Pakistan Administrative Staff College, National Management College; current senate member of the National Defence University and formerly, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics

Private Sector  Member, Global Health Policy Advisory Committee. PepsiCo, New York (2009- 2010)

Work experience, achievements, accomplishments and responsibilities

Dr. Nishtar has a unique combination of experience as minister, civil society trailblazer, leader in multilateral institutions, physician scientist, thought leader, and founder of institutions.

Experience in multilateral institutions: Dr. Nishtar has astute negotiating and consensus building skills, as demonstrated in the WHO Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity. As co-chair, she played a key role in a global consultative process on a sensitive subject, forging

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consensus to produce a widely-acclaimed report. She commands international credibility and is known for her ethical leadership style and deep expertise, which led to her appointment to Chair the Independent Accountability Panel on Women and Children’s Health by the UN Secretary General. She stepped down following the announcement of her WHO Director- General candidacy, in order to avoid perception of conflict-of-interest, thus demonstrating a high ethical standard in leadership.

In 2013, she co-chaired the landmark World Health Assembly Global resolution on NCDs. She also chaired the drafting committee of the “Venice statement: global health initiatives and health systems”, building consensus in a polarized environment. She has extensively engaged in the international discourse on health and development and has attended over 200 major international conferences and consultations over the last 15 years as invited expert, chair, moderator, resource person, and keynote speaker.

Experience working with the Government of Pakistan: Dr. Nishtar served as Federal Minister in the 2013 Pakistan Caretaker government. She re-established Pakistan’s Ministry of Health, despite a constitutional impediment, earning deep respect and was widely acclaimed for publishing ‘Handover Papers’ to promote transparency and accountability. She served as member of the commission, which led to reform of Pakistan’s medical regulatory body. As Task Force chair, she authored the country’s plan to strengthen Social Safety Net Institutions. She is the author of Pakistan’s first health reform plan, Pakistan’s first compendium of health statistics, and the country’s first national public health plan for Non- Communicable Diseases. She is currently advisor to three ministries—Health, Planning, and Finance.

Founding institutions: Dr. Nishtar has built institutions from scratch and has taken them to scale—the non-profit NGO Heartfile, with a focus on policy analysis and innovative solutions for improving health systems. Considered the most influential health policy voice in Pakistan, Heartfile, in collaboration with the government and WHO was the first NGO among developing countries to lead development of an integrated national plan for NCDs. Amongst its many other accomplishments, Heartfile has pioneered public-private partnerships, established the Pakistan Health Policy Forum and developed an internationally endorsed innovative health financing program to protect the poor against catastrophic health expenditures.

Through her work with Heartfile she has gained extensive experience in strategy formulation, fund mobilization, partnership building, and use of innovations for systems-building. In 2011, Dr. Nishtar was awarded the Global Innovation Award from the Rockefeller Foundation for her ability to think laterally, incubate and take to scale fresh ideas. Working in a resource- constrained environment has made her adept at utilizing resources efficiently and leveraging partnerships strengths.

Civil society experience: In addition to founding and leading a highly successful NGO, Nishtar is a leading voice for improved governance and transparency. She has served as a board member of many leading International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs), including World Heart Federation and the International Union for Health Promotion and Education and is currently on the Advisory Committee of the NCD Alliance. She is also a member of many World Economic Forum Initiatives.

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Physician cardiologist: Dr. Nishtar is a research-trained medical doctor, with experience working in difficult health systems settings.

Research, intellectual and academic pursuits, technical leadership: See section on “technical background” on page #8.

Please state any other relevant facts that might help in the evaluation of your application. List your activities in civil, professional, public or international affairs.

Dr Nishtar’s combination of public sector, civil society and technical experience is apparent from her resume. However, a resume does not outline personal attributes, which are critical for leading complex organizations—her inter-personal and leadership skills, ability to multitask, and the combination of her creativity, agility, drive and commitment coupled with her humility. Dr. Nishtar has a proven track record of leadership to bring change and deliver results, particularly in difficult situations. She has the ability to seek counsel and advise, which is critical in a complex environment. Her clear-headedness and empathy, evoke consensus building and trust. These attributes combined with her charisma and excellent communication skills, make her a unique candidate. With her developing country background, and proven pro-poor record, Dr. Nishtar is well-placed to represent the views of, and be responsive to, the needs of the underserved. With a long track record and broad acceptability in international civil society and experience engaging with the private sector through her work on obesity prevention, she can bring diverse voices to the negotiating table.

Dr. Nishtar professional experience is complemented by an exceptional work ethic, a deep sense of moral purpose and flawless integrity. Her personality and temperament exemplify diplomacy. In 2000, she left a lucrative career as cardiologist and set course on a journey to reach the underserved, challenging business-as-usual models, and developing innovative solutions that are saving people's lives. She has demonstrated her commitment to people’s well-being through leadership, innovation, and a systems based approach to change. The combination of her knowledge of micro—understanding people’s needs—to influence the macro in terms of policy reform and institutional change is unique.

Please list here a maximum of 10 publications

1. Sania Nishtar, et al. Ending childhood obesity: a time for action. The Lancet, 2016 2. Commission Members. Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch: Report of The Rockefeller Foundation-Lancet Commission on planetary health. The Lancet, 2015 3. Sania Nishtar. Reflections from my tenure as minister. The Lancet, 2015 4. Sania Nishtar. Choked Pipes: Reforming Pakistan’s Health System. Oxford University Press, 2010 5. Sania Nishtar. H1N1 crisis in Pakistan: lessons learnt. NTS Working Paper Series, Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies, Singapore. 6. Sania Nishtar. Mixed Health Systems Syndrome. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2010 7. Sania Nishtar S, et al. Pakistan's health system: performance and prospects after the 18th Constitutional Amendment. The Lancet, 2013

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8. Sania Nishtar S. Public-private partnerships in health—a global call to action. Health Research Policy and Systems, 2004 9. Sania Nishtar S. Health Indicators of Pakistan. Gateway Paper II. Heartfile, Pakistan’s Health Policy Forum, Federal Bureau of Statistics and Ministry of Health, 2006 10. Sania Nishtar, et al. Process, rationale, and interventions of Pakistan’s National Action Plan on Chronic Diseases. Prevention Chronic Disease, 2006

list of publications can be accessed http://www.sanianishtar.info/publications/

Please list hobbies, sports, skills and any other relevant facts that might help in the evaluation of your application:

Dr. Nishtar is a keen golfer since age 9 and has won many championships. As an adolescent, she was also a champion in the local swimming club. She exercises regularly and strongly believes in the need to provide all children and adults access to safe spaces for sport and recreation activity. As author of the national NCDs action plan, she explicitly highlighted the need to “overcome barriers to the participation of Muslim women in physical activity”.

WRITTEN STATEMENT Please evaluate how you meet each of the “Criteria for candidates for the post of Director- General of the World Health Organisation”.

(1) A strong technical background in a health field, including experience in public health; Dr Nishtar has impeccable technical credentials, as physician, researcher, health systems and public health expert and policy leader. She is a physician cardiologist by training and holds a membership of Royal College of Physicians and a Ph.D from Kings College, London. Dr. Nishtar has demonstrated her expertise and credibility in all major areas of WHO’s work (health systems, NCDs, promoting health through the life course, communicable disease, and preparedness, surveillance and response). Her global perspective is grounded in her deep experience at the national level, which has ranged from grass roots work with civil society to the position of Minister with many portfolios.

Dr. Nishtar’s has written six books, and has over 116 publications in peer reviewed journals. One of the six books, Choked Pipes is used as a post-graduate text book and has been the subject of a documentary by an award winning British filmmaker. She serves on the Advisory Boards of many international journals. As past chair of Gavi’s Evaluation Advisory Committee, she has experience overseeing evaluation of large programs.

Two of Dr. Nishtar’s areas of expertise, are critical achieving the SDGs, NCDs and health systems. With regard to NCDs, she has led multilateral negotiations, and global policy and strategy formulation. She has chaired INGO boards, designed award- winning global programs, authored national plans, conducted research and executed international advocacy plans. She is considered one of the main thought leaders in the field. On health systems, Dr. Nishtar has coined the idea of the “mixed health systems syndrome”, to describe “symptoms” and determinants of compromised quality and equity in most developing country health systems. To demonstrate how to address this

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syndrome, she led the Pakistan Lancet series on health reform and practically established the program, Heartfile Health Financing.

(2) Exposure to and extensive experience in international health; Dr. Nishtar has wide experience in the multilateral system. She has a long-standing working association with WHO. She was founding Chair of the UN Secretary General’s Independent Accountability Panel for the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health and is co-Chair of the WHO Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity. She has served on many international expert panels and task forces and is well-known for her leadership and consensus-building in global health.

(3) Demonstrable leadership skills and experience; Dr. Nishtar has a proven track record of transformative leadership to bring change and deliver high quality results, which she combines with her wide experience, charisma, and excellent communication skills. She is noted for her collaborative approach and her ability to engage a wide variety of governmental and non- governmental stakeholders to address complex problems and lead transformations.

Her unique combination of experience as Pakistan’s former Federal Minister, civil society leader, physician, researcher, policy expert, leader in the multilateral system, and founder of many institutions allows her to understand multiple perspectives on issues—a critical leadership skill for complex political and technical environments. Her expertise in sectors outside health (social protection, governance, reform and public-private engagement) allows her to understand the multi-sectoral nature of health. She is a research-trained medical doctor, which is a critical strength for leading WHO.

(4) Excellent communication and advocacy skills; Dr. Nishtar has spoken to audiences all over the world and is a much sought after keynote speaker (Examples of speaking engagements: http://www.sanianishtar.info/conferences-and-talks/international-conferences/). She is regularly called on by the global media and has a long-standing history of advocacy to bring change at national and international levels, including serving as the founding chair of the award-winning World Heart Day initiative. (5) Demonstrable competence in organizational management; Dr. Nishtar has a proven track record of first-hand experience of effective organizational management. She has built institutions from scratch and taken them to scale. When Dr. Nishtar joined the Government of Pakistan as caretaker Federal Minister, there was no Federal Ministry of Health. She re-established the Federal Ministry of Health, which now provides the foundation for Pakistan’s health governance and regulation. She founded Heartfile, in 1998, which now works across Pakistan, as its most powerful health policy voice and catalyst for health reform. At both Hearfile and in her time with the Government, she has developed and implemented systems to address and change systemic institutional constraints with a focus on merit and

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evidence-based decision making, while building safeguards against abuse and corruption.

(6) Sensitivity to cultural, social and political differences; The foundation of Dr. Nishtar’s work in all areas is sensitivity to cultural, social and political differences. She has worked with people from every region of the world, and is able to relate all levels of seniority. She masterfully convenes widely diverse constituencies, builds bridges across different cultural, social, economic and political perspectives and is able to lead people from diverse backgrounds and perspectives.

Dr. Nishtar is a bridge between the Muslim world and the west and has the confidence of both developed and developing countries. She effectively speaks on behalf of all, irrespective of gender, race, creed, colour or nationality. She has been involved with leading peace building initiatives, and is a vocal promoter of increasing Western- Muslim engagement.

(7) Strong commitment to the mission and objectives of WHO; Throughout her career, Dr Nishtar has demonstrated her commitment to the principles of WHO as set out in the preamble of the constitution. She is deeply familiar with the workings of WHO and has served the organization at all levels—as co-chair of a WHO commission, as multilateral negotiator of WHO resolutions, as member of expert panels and taskforces, as advisor and resource-person at technical consultations and ministerial meetings, on conference planning committees and writing teams, and as speaker at WHO events. At the country level she has led and forged partnerships between her NGO Heartfile with the WHO Pakistan office and the Ministry of Health.

She is strongly supportive of the change process underway at WHO and possesses skills and competencies which can facilitate this change. Dr. Nishtar’s experience in systems reform and her ability to navigate and implement change and deliver results will be critical to the WHO reform process.

(8) Good health condition required of all staff members of the Organization Dr. Nishtar is in excellent health.

(9) Sufficient skill in at least one of the official working languages of the Executive Board and the Health Assembly Dr. Nishtar’s English language ability is that of a native speaker (both written and spoken).

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10) Please state your vision of priorities and strategies for the World Health Organization

Dr. Nishtar’s vision statement:

My vision for WHO is one in which WHO reclaims its primacy, earns the world’s trust as its lead health agency; and has the ability to coordinate and lead partnerships to achieve the vision for health—universal attainment of the highest possible level of health and well-being

As Director-General, I will strive to ensure that WHO:

1. Reforms into an effective, well-managed, transparent, accountable and cohesive organization, which achieves value for money—and where robust evidence guides decision-making; 2. Has the financial, technical, institutional and technological capacity to detect, lead, manage and coordinate the response to outbreaks and emergencies with health consequences, including supporting countries to enhance preparedness and resilience; 3. Effectively supports countries to achieve all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly goal 3 to “ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages”, with the understanding that the goals are interlocked and indivisible; 4. Prioritizes global public goods, collective solutions which transcend national boundaries, and knowledge sharing across borders; and 5. Has the ability to work with appropriate partners to improve global health while upholding the principles enshrined in WHO’s constitution