Aurélia Nguyen joined CEPI in October 2024 as Deputy CEO.  In this role, Aurélia is in charge of shaping and delivering on CEPI’s priorities across the organization.

Prior to joining CEPI, Aurélia spent 13 years at Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance – latterly managing all of Gavi’s programmatic work as Chief Programme Officer, with responsibility for design and execution of GAVI’s vaccine programmes. During her tenure at Gavi, Aurélia served as Managing Director of the Office of the COVAX Facility, set up in 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Earlier in her career, Aurélia held various posts within GlaxoSmithKline, contributing to the development of GSK’s policies on access to medicines and vaccines in Lower and Middle-Income Countries, and also within WHO, undertaking research on generic medicines policies.

Aurélia has served on a number of boards, including the Polio Oversight Board and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)’s Board of Trustees.

Aurélia is a certified accountant and holds a Master’s degree in Health Policy, Planning & Financing from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the London School of Economics. She received the Medal of Friendship by Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in 2023 and was featured in TIME Magazine’s  2021 TIME100 Next list honouring “the 100 individuals who are shaping the future of their fields and defining the next generation of leadership".