A mystery guest, a big announcement and a large pot of money. Devex Editor-in-Chief Raj Kumar talks to Peter Sands, executive director of the Global Fund, which is approaching its three-year replenishment. It’s a critical time under normal circumstances, but it takes on added urgency amid a pandemic that has challenged the Global Fund’s mission, drained public resources and made collaboration with the private sector all the more important.

A former chief executive officer of Standard Chartered PLC, one of the world’s leading international banks, Peter Sands has been a research fellow at Harvard University since 2015, working on a range of research projects in financial markets and regulation, fintech and global health.

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