Independent global health consultant; Advisory Council Member, Market Ecosystem Thought Leadership Initiative; Former Deputy Director of Nutrition, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Dipika Matthias’s expertise spans across identifying unmet needs, prioritizing innovations, managing interdisciplinary teams, and developing the multisector alliances necessary to advance such interventions. For the last 15 years, she has worked on nutrition/ agricultural innovations. Previously, she worked on vaccines, immunization delivery, therapeutics, and diagnostics to improve maternal and child health. One of her professional goals is to bridge the divide, bringing more attention to the underlying role of nutrition in enhancing the effectiveness of global health interventions.