In this role, Ehsan is also responsible for providing resources to researchers and related stakeholders in support of Global Action’s three main subject areas of work: Health and Science Research, Cessation Education, and Agriculture Transformation.
Ehsan has more than 20 years of experience managing the development and implementation of cohesive strategies to achieve public health gains by linking global health priorities to the needs on the ground. Previously, he served as senior adviser for non-communicable diseases and director of tobacco control at the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, managing global teams across India, China, Singapore, Mexico, Bangladesh, Philippines, Vietnam, Pakistan, Brazil, and Chad. His work entailed providing leadership for planning, organizing, and prioritizing focused interventions for tobacco control to ensure delivery of strategic goals through collaboration.
In his early career, he was responsible for the development of the National Health Policy for Pakistan and served as a main contributor of the non-communicable diseases debate in the early 2000s. His work has since involved capacity building and provision of grants to governments, civil society organizations, universities and researchers. He recently led and managed US$10M program to support policy development for tobacco control in low- and middle-income countries faced with highest burden of disease caused by tobacco use.
Ehsan has served on the boards of several public health entities, including The Framework Convention Alliance and the Non-Communicable Disease Alliance. He was also a member of various international groups working on lung health and tobacco control set up under the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control secretariat and the World Health Organization.
Ehsan is originally from Pakistan and now resides in Scotland. He holds a doctorate in Medicine from Punjab Medical College and a master’s degree in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
