Chief of Asia, Middle East and Europe (AMEE), PATH
Professor Sir Jeremy Farrar is Chief of PATH’s Asia, Middle East and Europe Region and a member of PATH’s Executive Leadership Team. A physician and scientist, he is a globally recognised leader in public health and clinical medicine. He joined PATH on 1 October 2026 and is based in Geneva. Between 2023 and 2025 he was Chief Scientist at the World Health Organization, before serving as Assistant Director-General for Health Promotion, Disease Prevention and Control. He was Director of Wellcome from 2013 to 2023, having previously led the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Viet Nam for 18 years. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and the Academy of Medical Sciences, and was knighted in 2019 for services to global health.
