Offline: Who is Peter Sands?
The Lancet - "The appointment of a new Executive Director to lead the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria was not a tidy process. The first attempt to find a successor to Mark Dybul ended in ignominious failure, with questions raised, variously, about the moral probity and conflicts of interest of several prominent candidates. The Global Fund Board tried again.
Four names made it through to the final shortlist. And then disaster seemed to strike once more. One candidate, Peter Sands, withdrew his name for “personal reasons”. The Global Fund seemed to be teetering on the edge of incompetence. But, in a surprising about turn, Sands informed the Board that he was back on track as a candidate. And, in a final flourish, the Board last week named him as the Fund's new Executive Director. But who is Peter Sands?" (by Richard Horton)