The Pandemic Fund

Anna McNicol joined the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Global Health Division in January 2024. As Director Global Health Funds she manages relationships with a wide range of global health institutions including the Pandemic Fund, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the Global Fund, and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI). 

Anna has extensive international development experience, including working in DFAT’s Office of the Pacific and Southeast Asia Maritime Division. Anna has served overseas in Indonesia as Counsellor (Economic Governance and Infrastructure) and in the Solomon Islands, both as a civilian under the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) and working for the Australian High Commission, with a focus on economic reform. Anna holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Adelaide.

Jiyoung Choi, Deputy Director General of the International Finance Bureau, Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF), Republic of Korea, assumed the current position in July 2024. Prior to this role, she served as the Head of the Planning and Management Team at the Secretariat of the National Economic Advisory Council (April 2023 - July 2024). Her previous roles within MOEF include Director positions in the International Economic Policy Division (2021-2022), International Economic Cooperation Division (2020-2021), Development Finance Cooperation Division (2019-2020), International Monetary System Division (2018-2019), International Financial Institutions Division (2017-2018), and Trade Policy Coordination Division (2016-2017). She also headed the International Monetary Fund Team (2015-2016). Earlier in her career, she served as Principal Research Economist at the African Development Bank (2010-2012) and as Executive Director of the G20 Research Department at the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (2013-2015).

She holds a Master in Public Administration from Harvard University (2009), an MA in Public Administration from Seoul National University (2000), and a BA in Sociology from Seoul National University (1998). She is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Financial Risk Manager (FRM), and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). 

Dr Derrick Heng is Deputy Director-General of Health of Public Health at the Ministry of Health in Singapore, with responsibility for oversight of Communicable Diseases and Non-Communicable Diseases. His areas of work include population health analytics and the provision of public health intelligence to support policy and planning and international co-operation. Derrick has been involved in policy initiatives in the areas of HIV, TB, tobacco control, obesity, chronic disease screening and mental health in Singapore.

Coming from a background in clinical internal medicine, Derrick began working in the field of epidemiology in 1997, after obtaining a Masters at Cambridge University. Before taking on a policy role, he was involved in epidemiological research in the areas of clinical epidemiology, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and cancer, in addition to interests in research design and methodology, and the ethical review of clinical trials.
 

Academic Qualifications:
MBBS - 1990 National University of Singapore
MRCP (UK) - 1995 Royal College of Physicians (UK)
M Phil (Epidemiology) - 1997 Cambridge University
FAMS (Public Health) - 2001 Academy of Medicine, Singapore