Baird's CMC is a global network of consultants, many of whom specialise in health policy & advocacy. Strong role in strategy development, in leading project management, and in analysing, writing and presenting policy research data and evaluation frameworks related to public health issues, primarily around access to medicines and vaccines in Africa and Asia.Clients have included the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Network (ECDTP), Gavi, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg… Show more Baird's CMC is a global network of consultants, many of whom specialise in health policy & advocacy. Strong role in strategy development, in leading project management, and in analysing, writing and presenting policy research data and evaluation frameworks related to public health issues, primarily around access to medicines and vaccines in Africa and Asia.Clients have included the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Network (ECDTP), Gavi, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Hewlett Foundation, the Acumen Fund (social venture capital) as well as private sector clients such as GSK, Merck & Co, Inc., Gilead, Novartis, Pfizer, Sanofi Pasteur, Seqirus and ViiV Healthcare. Show less

Projects have included development of an evaluation framework for the Medicines for Malaria Venture, donor relations work for the Malaria Vaccine Initiative, work on increasing private sector involvement and partnerships in global health for PATH, and development of nutrition evaluation frameworks for PATH and the UK Department for International Development (DFID). I advised Novartis Vaccines on market access for their meningitis franchise; and supported an advocacy drive for increased… Show more Projects have included development of an evaluation framework for the Medicines for Malaria Venture, donor relations work for the Malaria Vaccine Initiative, work on increasing private sector involvement and partnerships in global health for PATH, and development of nutrition evaluation frameworks for PATH and the UK Department for International Development (DFID). I advised Novartis Vaccines on market access for their meningitis franchise; and supported an advocacy drive for increased investment in R&D for HIV prevention technologies for DFID (now part of FCDO) Show less

Projects included product launch planning and professional relations programmes for Roche in diabetes and evaluation of patient education materials for Novartis’ paediatric formulation of its Coartem antimalarial. Management of delivery teams on a matrix-based system.

Public-private partnership that develops and markets tools to measure healthcare performance in conjunction with a unit at Imperial College led by Prof. Sir Brian Jarman. Primary task was development and market testing of new products, and selling those products to NHS customers.

Ran market access strategy in mental health, including education programmes for payors. Professional relations in consumer health for Unilever and Colgate.

Launched International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, the first PDP, at the Vancouver AIDS Conference in 1996 and ran communications platform for the 10th Anniversary Symposium of the Mectizan Donation Program for Merck & Co., Inc, in Bamako, Mali, amongst much communications strategy, professional relations, and media relations work for top 10 pharma.

Ran media relations function and developed communications platforms for policy initiatives with partners such as the UK Department of Health, British Medical Association and other bodies working in the health policy field.