Joshua Chu

 

Joshua Chu is the Senior Regional Program Director (Southeast Asia/Pacific), where he is responsible for the development of new programs in the region covering 8 countries. He also concurrently holds the role of Director, Global Markets and oversees CHAI’s work to increase access to affordable and reliable supply of vaccines, thereby increasing value for money for donors and enabling accelerated introduction of new vaccines in developing countries.

 

Joshua joined CHAI in 2009. Prior to assuming his current roles, Joshua served as Deputy Country Director in Nigeria. During his tenure in Nigeria, CHAI expanded its scope to include new programs in vaccines, family planning, severe malaria, essential treatments for diarrhea and human resources for health.

 

Prior to CHAI, Joshua held several roles including managing Singapore Airlines’ multi-billion dollar investment portfolio of companies in Europe, Asia and Oceania. In addition, he has held consulting and operational roles with various organizations in China, Kazakhstan, United States and Zambia.

Joshua obtained his BS and BA degrees (summa cum laude) from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He later obtained a Mphil in Development Studies (with distinction) from St Johns’ College, University of Cambridge, as a Maxis scholar.