Hannah Kettler
Is an economist and senior program officer on the global health advocacy team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Hannah is responsible for a portfolio of grants and projects that aim to secure adequate financing and a supportive policy environment for global health product innovation and introduction. Given the important role that for-profit companies in both the north and south play in product development, much of her work is focused on reducing risks, and designing of financial incentives and business models to encourage greater private sector company engagement.
Prior to joining the Gates Foundation, Hannah led a two year Rockefeller Foundation funded project titled “Biotechnology and Global Health” at the Institute for Global Health at the University of California San Francisco. Between 1998 and 2001 Hannah worked as the senior industrial economist for the Office of Health Economics (OHE) in London.
