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John-Arne Rottingen

John-Arne Røttingen joined the Wellcome Trust as chief executive officer in January 2024. He previously served as ambassador for global health for Norway’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was founding CEO of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations and chief executive of the Research Council of Norway, and executive director at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. Trained in medicine and science, Dr Røttingen has also held academic positions at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the University of Oslo.