Board of directors

IPL is governed by a Board of Directors composed of 3 Lao Members appointed by Lao Ministry of Health and 2 members appointed by Institut Pasteur Paris. A specificity of the Board meetings is the participation of the main contributors and stakeholders as observers in the spirit of transparency and partnership.

The actual composition of the Board of Directors:

H.E. Mrs Baykham Khattiya, Minister of Health, Lao PDR, (Chairwoman)
H.E. Dr Bounkong Syhavong, Former Minister of Health, Lao PDR
A/Prof Manivanh Souphanthong, MD, Former Dean of the Faculty of Basic Sciences, University of Health Sciences Vientiane, Lao PDR
Dr Odette Tomescu-Hatto, Executive Vice-President for International Affairs, Institut Pasteur Paris, France
Prof Anavaj Sakuntabhai, Head of Ecology and Emergence of Arthropod-borne Pathogens unit, Institut Pasteur, France; Representative & Executive Director, Institut Pasteur du Japon, Japan

From the left, 1^st row: H.E. Mrs SivLeng Chhuor (Ambassador of France, Observer), H.E. Dr Bounkong Syhavong (Board Member), H.E. Dr Bounfeng Phoummalaysith (Minister of Health, Chairman), Dr Darouny Phonekeo (IPL’s Deputy Director). From the left, 2^nd row: Dr Manivanh Souphanthong (Board Member), Prof. Yves Buisson (Board Member), Mr Thomas Lammar (Chargé d’Affaires a.i., Embassy of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Observer), Mr Bob Paquin (Chargé d’Affaires, Embassy of Canada, Observer), Dr Philippe Buchy (IPL’s General Director).