Dr. Muhammad Pate holds a position of Julio Frenk Professor of Public Health Leadership in Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Until July 2021 served as the Global Director, Health Nutrition and Population, World Bank Group, and Director of Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents Dr. Pate previously held several senior positions, including as the Chief Executive Officer of Big Win Philanthropy, based in the UK, and the Minister of State for Health in the Federal Government of Nigeria. Dr. Pate is an MD trained in both Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, with an MBA from Duke University. He also has a Masters’ in Health System Management from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK.