About Us
Our mission is to promote innovation, efficiency and quality in vector control product development. We do this by working together with all the stakeholders involved in developing and bringing new vector control tools to market, identifying the shared obstacles and catalysing solutions.
Our vision is a product development environment conducive to innovation and investment which efficiently delivers a steady stream of new, quality vector control tools to those who need them most, then safeguards their continued effectiveness.
Leadership Team
Angus Spiers
Director
angus.spiers@innovation2impact.org
Angus leads the strategic agenda of i2i and manages the relationships with all major stakeholders. His role is focussed on finding stakeholder consensus on shared challenges and catalysing solutions to these. Prior to this role, he was Senior Malaria Advisor at the President’s Malaria Initiative. He formerly served as UNICEF’s Regional Malaria Advisor in Angola, as PSI’s Deputy Director of Malaria and Child Survival, and as a Senior Technical Advisor at USAID/PMI. Angus holds a PhD from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.
Fred Yeomans
Project Manager
fred.yeomans@innovation2impact.org
Fred oversees the project management, finance, communications and stakeholder engagement of i2i. He also has particular involvement in the GLP and Country Level Impact workstreams. He joined the team after managing maternal health projects across Africa and Asia for the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. Fred has an MSc from Warwick Business School, and an MA and a BA (Hons.) from the University of Nottingham.
Sara McManus
Project Coordinator
sara.mcmanus@innovation2impact.org
Sara is responsible for i2i’s project management support, admin and finance. She also leads on logistics and event management. She joined the team from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in 2017. Prior to that Sara worked within Financial Services for 12 years, followed by 9 years in the private sector, which has given her a wealth of organisational and operational experience.
Angus Spiers Director
angus.spiers@innovation2impact.org
Angus leads the strategic agenda of i2i and manages the relationships with all major stakeholders. His role is focussed on finding stakeholder consensus on shared challenges and catalysing solutions to these. Prior to this role, he was Senior Malaria Advisor at the President’s Malaria Initiative. He formerly served as UNICEF’s Regional Malaria Advisor in Angola, as PSI’s Deputy Director of Malaria and Child Survival, and as a Senior Technical Advisor at USAID/PMI. Angus holds a PhD from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.
Fred Yeomans Project Manager
fred.yeomans@innovation2impact.org
Fred oversees the project management, finance, communications and stakeholder engagement of i2i. He also has particular involvement in the GLP and Country Level Impact workstreams. He joined the team after managing maternal health projects across Africa and Asia for the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. Fred has an MSc from Warwick Business School, and an MA and a BA (Hons.) from the University of Nottingham.
Sara McManus Project Coordinator
sara.mcmanus@innovation2impact.org
Sara is responsible for i2i’s project management support, admin and finance. She also leads on logistics and event management. She joined the team from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in 2017. Prior to that Sara worked within Financial Services for 12 years, followed by 9 years in the private sector, which has given her a wealth of organisational and operational experience.
Advisory Board
Emer Cooke
Observer
World Health Organization
Head of Regulation of Medicines and other Health Technologies
Tala Jallow
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Head of Direct Procurement
Julie Wallace Chair
Emer Cooke Observer
Frederic Baur Industry Representative
Katey Owen Observer
Joy Phumaphi
Nick Hamon
Pedro Alonso Observer
Scott Miller
Tala Jallow
Why
Vector control tools have played a pivotal role in reducing the mortality and morbidity rates associated with many vector-borne diseases. Evidence shows that vector control is responsible for approximately 80% of malaria cases averted in the past 15 years. Vector control tools have also been instrumental in fighting Neglected Tropical Diseases.
How
i2i addresses the challenges of growing insecticide resistance and coverage gaps by pursuing the following system-wide objectives:
- Innovation: Creating a more conducive environment for innovation and product development
- Efficiency: Improving the efficiency of product evaluation and registration to accelerate speed to market
- Quality: Developing quality assurance systems to ensure the lasting impact of products in the field
Stakeholders
To deliver innovation, efficiency and quality in vector control, we work with many participating organisations.
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