Meet the team

Meet the people behind ICARS’ global work.

Our team

ICARS has a multidisciplinary and international team committed to advancing sustainable solutions to antimicrobial resistance. Together with partners around the world, our diverse team of experts work across science, partnerships, communications, and operations to turn evidence into sustainable impact.

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Executive Management

Executive Director

Helle Engslund Krarup

Director of Science and Programmes

Kristina Osbjer

Science and Programmes

Human Health

Head of Human Health

Danilo Lo Fo Wong

Science Officer

Fabian Maza Arnedo

Science Advisor for AMS and IPC

Pem Chuki

Senior Science Advisor

Gloria Cristina Córdoba Currea

Science Officer

Mabel De Leo

Science Advisor: AMR Mitigation

Jonathan Mayito

Science Advisor: AMR Mitigation in Africa

Watipaso Nyirenda

Senior Science Advisor

Nandini Sreenivasan

Science Officer and Administrative Assistant

Carolina Vega

Senior Science Advisor

Erica Westwood

One Health

Head of One Health

Sunday Ochai

Science Advisor: Veterinary Sciences

Holy Akwar

Science Advisor: AMR Mitigation

Claudia Cobo Angel

Science Officer: AMR and Climate Change

Cèlia Ventura I Gabarró

Science Officer: AMR and Gender

Sarah von Humboldt-Scotland

Senior Science Advisor: Veterinary Sciences

Rodolphe Mader

Science Advisor: Social and behavioural sciences

Wesal Zaman

ICARS Africa

Head of ICARS Africa

Dr Titha Dzowela

Science Advisor

Veronicah Chuchu

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning

Head of MEAL

Mads Martinus

Senior Programme Manager

Simone Marie Charnley

Student Assistant

Dimitris Christodoulou

Senior Programme Manager

Lisa Haagensen

Senior Programme Manager

John Lakeman

Grant Manager

Jule Mau

Grant Manager

Jacqueline Ntombizodwa Ndlovu

Grant Manager

Hanne Strandgaard

Student Assistant

Dichhen Tamang

Consultants

Senior Scientific Consultant (Independent consultant)

Anders Dalsgaard

Senior Implementation Research Advisor (Independent consultant)

Sabiha Essack

Senior Science Advisor (Independent consultant)

Jyoti Joshi

Senior Scientific Consultant (Independent consultant)

Annick Lenglet

Senior Scientific Consultant (Independent consultant)

Robert Leo Skov

Independent Chief Scientific Consultant (Independent consultant)

Timothy Rutland Walsh

Science Assistants

Student Assistant

Anna Hannecke Steenberg

Administrative Assistant

Vanessa Midori Ogawa (Maternity Leave)

Partnerships, Advocacy and Communications

Head of Partnerships and Global Relations

Theresa Høgenhaug

Science Partnership Advisor

Francesca Chiara

Communications Officer

Chloe Cole

Programme Officer

Anna Helena Mattsson

Student Assistant

Elvira Svenheim Paldanius

Programme Manager: Communications

Sephy Valuks

Operations

Finance

Finance Assistant

Kian Fayazbakhsh

Senior Programme Manager: Finance and Grants

Nicole Hotchkiss

Finance Coordinator: Projects & Reporting

Edyta Proscinska

Resources and Compliance

Head of Resources and Compliance

Morten Brandt-Pedersen

Senior Programme Manager

Jens Højer Larsen

Student Assistant

Mattias Jakobs

Finance and HR Assistant

Marianne Munch Mbe

Office Administrator

Ringaile Pranckeviciute

Senior Programme Manager

Anni Vejstrup

Stay updated

ICARS participates in the 1st Americas Regional Meeting on AMR in Brazil

ICARS attends official launch of the neonatal AMR project in Ghana

ICARS at the One Health Summit 2026

ICARS at ESCMID Global 2026

Reducing antimicrobial resistance in Colombia: ICARS highlights FARM-CARE project results and LIMCRE annual advisory board meeting

ICARS appoints Helle Engslund Krarup as new Executive Director

ICARS announces intervention implementation research study to strengthen infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship during surgeries to reduce surgical site infections in Uganda

ICARS attends the African Union Member States’ Inaugural Fungal Disease Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

26. February 2026

ICARS joins Team Europe Initiative to strengthen sustainable health security through One Health initiatives in Africa

12. February 2026

High-level delegation from Bangladesh visits ICARS headquarters

10. February 2026

Reflections from the ICARS-supported Antibiogo project as Médecins Sans Frontières scales up expansion of the app

3. February 2026

ICARS sign Memorandum of Understanding with the East, Central and Southern African Health Community