Patrick Osewe, MD, MPH, MBA
Senior Director – Regenesys Business School
Patrick Osewe is a leading global expert on public health and climate change and the Senior Director of the Regenesys Business School. He currently leads a regional effort to make education accessible and affordable for the majority of people and transform Africa digital and entrepreneurship landscape. Prior to joining Regenesys, he was the Director of Health of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) where he drove innovation on priority and emerging health issues in Asia and the Pacific focusing on the nexus of Universal Health Coverage, pandemic preparedness, education, social protection, climate change and finance. During the outbreak of COVID-19, he provided leadership and guidance in the implementation of ADB’s $20 billion commitment to respond to COVID-19 and $9 billion for Developing Member Countries to obtain and deploy COVID-19 vaccines. He was part of the technical team that established the ASEAN Center for Public Health Emergencies and Emerging Diseases.
Prior to his time at ADB, Patrick was a Global Lead for public health for the World Bank. In this role, he led a global effort to address a range of public health issues for World Bank member countries and was part of the technical team that established for the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
With more than 30 years of experience as a global leader in health, Patrick has previously worked as Senior Health Advisor for USAID and a Senior Epidemiologist for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention where he developed a public health framework for Olympics Games. He has a proven track record of bringing countries and multiple sectors together¾including governments, development partners, and the private sector¾to transform health, education and social development sectors.
