Barroso becomes chair of Gavi vaccine alliance
On 1 January 2021 José Manuel Barroso became chair of the board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, having been appointed by the board in September 2020.
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On 1 January 2021 José Manuel Barroso became chair of the board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, having been appointed by the board in September 2020. Its search committee cited his stature, record as a leader and experience chairing multi-stakeholder boards; he was then non-executive chairman of Goldman Sachs International.
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José Manuel Barroso
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Barroso becomes chair of Gavi vaccine alliance. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.
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- 1.prnewswire.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: barroso+gavi · verified
- 2.gavi.orgchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: barroso+goldman · verified
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Factrail. (2026). Barroso becomes chair of Gavi vaccine alliance. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/barroso-gavi-chair-2021-01-01
https://factrail.ai/facts/barroso-gavi-chair-2021-01-01
Accessed 17 October 2026.
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