Christoph Benn

Dr. Christoph Benn was appointed President of Transform Health in 2021. He is a member of the Governance & Strategy circle and co-chair of the Resource and Investment (R&I) circle that brings together the main international organisations, bilateral partners, civil society, and foundations. Christoph focuses on accelerating UHC in LMICs through innovations in digital health and international health financing. He has extensive experience in managing political relations with governments, multilateral organisations, Civil Society, and the Private Sector and is currently Director for Global Health Diplomacy at the Joep Lange Institute.

Mathilde Forslund

Mathilde is the founding Executive Director of Transform Health. She leads the Enabling Function and reports to the Executive Committee. She is a seasoned advocate and coalition builder with experience bringing partners and networks together to deliver on common agendas, most recently leading a multi-stakeholder coalition across 20 countries at World Vision International based in South-East Asia. Mathilde’s career spans over 15 years across Asia, Africa, Europe and the USA, currently residing in San Francisco. She is passionate about all things digital to champion the rights of youth and women.

Martin Leschhorn-Streble

Martin Leschhorn Strebel is the treasurer of Transform Health. He is a historian and has been working for non-governmental organisations since 2000. He has been working for Medicus Mundi Switzerland since 2008 – as its Executive Director since 2014. Martin publishes on various topics of global health and Switzerland’s international cooperation. He sits on the board of Medicus Mundi International and the civil society platform Agenda 2030. He lives in Switzerland and is a member of the local parliament in Riehen.

Neema Lugangira

Hon. Neema Lugangira (MP) is a Member of Parliament in Tanzania who bring forward extensive experience and successful track record in championing policy advocacy and legislative reforms across different sectors. As a Parliamentarians her personal prioritised agendas include food systems, nutrition and climate action, digital inclusion and development, global and community health, gender equality in politics and digital democracy (incl. election observation) in Tanzania
and across Africa.

She also serves as the Founder and Chair of the African Parliamentary Network on Internet Governance (APNIG), which aims to strengthen Parliamentarians role on digital development in Africa; Co-Founder and Member of the Steering Committee of the African Food Systems Parliamentary Network; and Board Member of Global Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and IMF.

At national level, Hon. Lugangira is the Founder of two NGOs; Agri Thamani, which is committed to ending malnutrition through nutrition advocacy, improve community nutrition in schools, elderly & hospitals; strengthen food systems and climate action; and Omuka Hub, which is focused on accelerating digital Tanzania through digital inclusion & development, digital rights & democracy; safe use of new tech like artificial intelligence and digital advocacy with special focus
on peripherals.

Whilst Internationally, Hon. Lugangira is a Member of the Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Group of the United National Internet Governance Forum; the International Parliamentary Network on Education (IPNEd) Regional Representative for Africa; the UNITE – Global Parliamentarians Network for Global Health; Global Co-Chair of the Global Parliamentary Group to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vital Voices Fellow; WSIS Gender Trendsetter for Advancing Digital Gender Inclusion; and Tanzania Parliament Appointed Ambassador for the Women Political Leaders Organisation.

Natasha Sunderji

Natasha Sunderji is the Global Health and Nutrition Lead for Accenture Development Partnerships. By engaging Accenture’s global workforce, she works to address the world’s social, economic and environmental issues.

Natasha is a visionary healthcare leader with 20 years of experience advising companies, nonprofits, and donors on growth strategy, innovative business models, digital health, and cross sector partnerships. She has authored multiple reports on the future of digital health and was named a Top 50 Innovator in 2020 by the World Summit AI community.

Natasha holds a Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from University of Toronto, and a Master’s in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School.

Dykki Settle

Dykki Settle joined Medic in 2024 and currently serves as Interim CEO, based remotely in Seattle, USA. Dykki brings more than 30 years of experience in leadership and development of digital technology, data systems, and their enabling environments in more than  20 countries and global organizations. In his prior role as Chief Digital Officer at PATH, Dykki co-founded PATH’s Center of Digital and Data Excellence as well as Digital Square, the USAID/BMGF-funded PATH-led flagship global initiative for digital health supporting more than 40 implementing partners and over 35 digital health public goods used by almost every country in Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.
Dykki also serves in several global technical leadership capacities. He serves as a Commissioner on the Lancet/Financial Times ‘Governing Health Futures 2030’ Commission, co-chair of the Transform Health Coalition’s Governance and Strategy Circle, and as Global Ambassador for Digital Health for the G20/G7 Health and Development Partnership.

Mohamed El Zemety

Mohamed is a medical doctor and global health enthusiast aiming to pursue a career in Global Health Policy in low and lower-middle-income countries. I have +6 years of experience working in health policy, advocacy and meaningful youth engagement. Mohamed currently works as the Eastern Mediterranean Region Representative for Young Experts: Tech for Health: He works in networking with and supporting youth-led organizations in the region to engage in the digital health space in their countries. Mohamed currently co-chairs the policy circle of the transform health coalition, coordinating the efforts of the coalition member organizations in driving the digital health agenda for UHC. He used to be the policy assistant at the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations. Mohamed wants to deepen his understanding of health systems reform initiatives through a global lens and he aspires to be at the forefront of global health policy change in the future.

Danielle Mullings

Danielle is a multidimensional leader with a background in software engineering, leadership, media and communications. She is an Open Scholar at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus in Jamaica, where she has served as the President of the Guild of Students. Said to be ‘one of the field’s brightest young minds’, Danielle believes in the power of tech in edifying society and is happy to be working at the intersection of technology and healthcare. She has a natural affinity for leadership and represents the voice of youth on local, regional and international councils. Danielle aspires to become a world leader in technological representation for the Caribbean and Latin America.

Nahashon Aluoka Odhiambo

Nahashon Aluoka is an advocacy, campaigns and policy specialist with over fifteen years of experience in Africa and globally. He has provided technical advocacy and campaign expertise and leadership over the years to successfully influence policy, legislation and knowledge, attitude and practices in different countries working on different themes including maternal and child health, ending violence against children, humanitarian advocacy, social accountability and pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPPR), among others. Before joining Transform Health Coalition, Nahashon was the Regional Advisor (Africa) and Global Partnership Lead with the Pandemic Action Network (PAN). Previously, he worked with Save the Children International (SCI), East and Southern Africa Regional Office and World Vision International (WVI), East Africa Regional Office.

Tejas Tandon

Tejas is a communications and marketing specialist with a focus on digital. He has experience in Campaign Management, Strategic Communications, Performance Marketing, Behaviour Change Communication, and Digital Advocacy. 

Before pivoting to the social impact sector, he worked in advertising agencies, managing hospitality, automobile, lifestyle, and retail brands. Ever since, he has now worked in the space of digital heritage, social innovation, public health, and now digital health.

He holds a Bachelor’s in Commerce (Honours) Degree from Hansraj College, Delhi University with plans to pursue an MBA in Marketing Communications with a focus on Social Impact.