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Bernard Salomé

Managing Director, Millennium Foundation for Innovative Finance for Health

Dr. Bernard Salomé is the managing director of the Millennium Foundation for Innovative Finance for Health. A thought-leader in the arena of global health issues, he leads the strategic vision for the Foundation combining his experience in international development, economics and policy.
The Millennium Foundation’s mission is to save lives by creating a sustainable source of needed additional funding to achieve the three health-related Millennium Development Goals agreed to by the United Nations: treating and fighting life-threatening diseases, including HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis; reducing childhood mortality; and improving maternal health. Dr. Salomé works hand-in-hand with Dr. Philippe Douste-Blazy, chairman of the board of the Millennium Foundation, United Nations Under Secretary-General and Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Innovative Finance for Development and Chairman of the Board of UNITAID.

Dr. Salomé has over 30 years of professional experience with international organizations in various assignments involving sustainable development, global policy, high-level strategic planning and crisis management. Prior to his work with the Millennium Foundation, he was the director of the Voluntary Solidarity Contribution project within the Cabinet of the Political Advisor of the President of France. He also previously served as the head of secretariat, Extractive Industries Review (EIR) – World Bank, from 2001-2003, and in the late nineties, was assigned by the European Commission to UNMIK in Kosovo, as the head of the economic policy office of UNMIK, and he was the main strategic advisor on economic and social issues to the special representative of the Secretary-General, Dr. Bernard Kouchner.

Early in his career, Dr. Salomé worked on education and human resources projects for the Africa and Asia divisions of the World Bank, as well as the deputy director of the G-7 support implementation group in Moscow, where he designed a complete information system used by all embassies and donor agencies for external aid to Russia (technical assistance, humanitarian aid, export credit, and budget support).

An economist by training, Dr. Salomé received his doctorate in economic development from Université Paris Sorbonne in 1984. He is the author of eight books on development issues and seven World Bank reports.