Dr Leonardo Santos Simão is a medical doctor by training. After his graduation from the Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique in 1980, he worked in rural areas of Mozambique as a medical officer at district and provincial levels. He holds a Master’s degree in Public Health (Community Health in Developing Countries) from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (United Kingdom). He also taught in the Faculty of Medicine of the Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique. Dr Simão is the Executive Director of the Joaquim Chissano Foundation. He is also the Chairman of the SADC Mediation Reference Group, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Manhiça Foundation, Chairman of the Board of of Trustees of the Business Environment Improvement Foundation in Mozambique, Member of the Board of Patrons of the Institute of Global Health (IsGlobal) of Barcelona, Member of the Malaria Elimination Oversight Committee (WHO, Geneva).