About Emma Hannay

Dr Emma Hannay serves as FIND’s Chief Access Officer, supporting FIND’s efforts to expand access to effective diagnostic testing. She has been leading FIND’s COVID response, including the creation of the ACT-Accelerator Diagnostics Partnership, co-convened by FIND and The Global Fund.

Emma is a public health doctor with a focus on global health strategy and delivery. Her work has been centred at a global level on organizational strategy in global health, and at a country level in implementing health system reforms in complex operating environments. In her previous role as Head of Health at Acasus, she helped design and lead the Pakistan Health Reforms Roadmaps, which improved primary care for more than 150 million people, and the DRC’s Mashako Plan to increase immunization coverage for children.

Prior to joining Acasus, she was manager of the Market Dynamics Team at Unitaid in Geneva, and an Engagement Manager for McKinsey & Company based out of Dubai and Washington, DC. She holds a medical degree from the University of Auckland, New Zealand and a Master of Public Health from Harvard University.