on Wednesday appointed a board of trustees to help strengthen the foundation’s governance by bringing independent and diverse perspectives.
He noted that the change also represents an explicit recognition by Gates and French Gates, especially in the wake of their recent divorce, that the foundation will be well served by the addition of independent voices to help shape its work in the future. “After nearly two decades of steady progress, tens of millions of people have been thrown back into poverty, childhood vaccination rates have dropped, and diseases from malaria to tuberculosis have resurged.
In her remarks, Melinda Gates, Co-chair of the foundation said the new board members are strong, qualified leaders who will support the foundation and its partners in its work to promote a healthier, safer, more equal world for all. Ms Shafik, the only other woman on the board aside from French Gates, has worked for the World Bank, the U.K.’s Department for International Development and is a former deputy governor of the Bank of England.
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