Assistant Director-General for External Relations and Governance, World Health Organization (WHO)
As Assistant Director-General of External Relations and Governance, Dr Boehme leads WHO’s strategic engagement in the areas of governance, resource mobilization and partner relations. Her portfolio includes providing secretariat support for the World Health Assembly and the WHO Executive Board, along with intergovernmental processes mandated by WHO governing bodies, including those that relate to governance reform and sustainable financing. She oversees WHO’s coordinated resource mobilization and donor relations and Organization-wide efforts to improve the predictability, flexibility and sustainability of WHO financing. Dr Boehme is also responsible for engaging WHO in multilateral and multisectoral partnerships for advancing global health, including with civil society, the private sector and other non-state actors.
From 2021-2023, Dr Boehme served as the Director-General’s Chef de Cabinet. In this role, she drove the leadership’s strategic vision, ensuring alignment across the Organization and with Member States and partners.
