CEOClinton Health Access Initiative
Trained as a physician and development economist, Dr. Neil Buddy Shah is an award-winning social entrepreneur, CEO, and global health funder who is passionate about making global health efforts as impactful as possible. Dr. Shah is the CEO at the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), a global health organization committed to saving lives and reducing the burden of disease in low- and middle-income countries.
Dr. Shah was previously the Managing Director of GiveWell, a research and funding organization that directs hundreds of millions of dollars per year to programs in global health and development. He is the co-founder, former CEO and now Board Chair of IDinsight, a global development data analytics and advisory firm with offices across Africa, Asia, and the US. He worked previously at the World Bank and MIT’s Jameel Poverty Action Lab.
Dr. Shah holds degrees from Harvard, Einstein College of Medicine in New York, and from the Harvard Kennedy School.
Clean EnergyClean WaterEarly Childhood to Primary EducationEconomic OpportunityEducationFinancial ServicesHealthHealth DeliveryLivelihoodsLiving ConditionsPost-Secondary EducationResponsible Supply ChainsSanitationSecondary EducationSmallholder ProductivitySustainable MarketsWomen's and Girls' EducationYouth Job Skills
Central and Southern Asia, Eastern and Southern Africa, Southeast Asia, West and Central Africa