Prof David Weakliam is Director of the Global Health Programme in the Irish Health Service Executive (HSE). He has worked in global health for more than thirty years, including twelve years in Nepal, Liberia, Sudan, DR Congo and Ghana. He currently manages health partnerships with Ministries of Health in Mozambique, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Sudan and Zambia. He was previously a Board Member of the Global Health Workforce Alliance, Chair of the Global Health Workforce Network Strategic Advisory Committee, and Chair of the ESTHER Alliance for Institutional Health Partnerships. He is Adjunct Professor in global health at University College Dublin.