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Board of Directors

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The Board of Directors act as the executive body of NCDA.

The Board of Directors governs NCDA in accordance with its objectives and its regulatory and statutory obligations. It is empowered to act generally in the name of NCDA, providing leadership and strategic direction.

The NCD Alliance Board includes 14 Board Members, including the President and President-Elect, who are voted by the members. The Board of Directors, elected in May 2025 by the General Assembly, will serve until May 2027.

NCDA PRESIDENT 

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Leslie Rae Ferat

Executive Director Global Alliance for Tobacco Control

 Canada

NCDA PRESIDENT-ELECT

Saunthari Somasundaram

President and Medical Director, National Cancer Society Malaysia and Co-Chairperson, NCD Malaysia (NCDM)

 Malaysia

NCDA BOARD MEMBERS

Beatriz Champagne

Executive Director, Coalición Latinoamérica Saludable / Healthy Latin America Coalition (CLAS))

 Argentina

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Cristiana Fonseca

UICC Board Member and Head of Capacity Building of Portuguese League Against Cancer
Founding Member representative

 Portugal

Stefan Islandi

Director, Danish NCD Alliance (DNCDA)

 Denmark

Ishu Kataria

Senior Public Health Researcher,  RTI International

 India

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Cassandra Kelly-Cirino

Executive Director, The Union
Founding Member representative

  Switzerland

Jackie Maalouf

IDF Vice-President and Founder and President of DiaLeb
Founding Member representative

 Lebanon

Isabel Mestres

CEO, City Cancer Challenge (C/CAN)

 Spain

Joseph Mucumbitsi

Chair, Rwanda NCD Alliance and Past President, East Africa NCD Alliance (EANCDA)

 Rwanda

Chikhulupiriro Stanley Ng'ombe

Project Officer, NCD Alliance Malawi
Lived Experience Board Member

 Malawi

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Fausto Pinto

WHF Past President and Professor of Cardiology
Founding Member representative

 Portugal

Pubudu Amarajith Sumanasekara

Consultant, Sri Lanka Alcohol and Drug Information Centre (ADIC)

 Sri Lanka

Laura Tucker-Longsworth

Member, Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC)

 Belize