Ole F. Olesen

Dr Ole F. Olesen is Director of International Cooperation at the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP). Ole has studied at the universities of Aarhus, Denmark and Cambridge, UK, as well as Copenhagen Business School, and holds a PhD degree in Molecular Biology and an HD degree in international economics. Ole has worked for 10 years in the pharmaceutical industry as group leader and later as Global Project Director for pre-clinical and clinical development of vaccines and injectables. He has considerable work experience in conducting and managing large international projects on pharmaceutical product development. Before joining EDCTP, Ole was Principal Scientific Officer for Global Health at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Research & Innovation, and responsible for research in tuberculosis, neglected infectious diseases and vaccinology. Ole is also affiliated professor at the Department of Public Health at Copenhagen University, and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Scotland.