Dr Leopold Achengui, Zekeng brings 33 years of experience in the AIDS response, Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights, Global Health Diplomacy, and Development at various levels and capacities – Service Provider, Leadership and Management (National AIDS/STIs/TB) Control Programme Manager), Researcher, Strategist and Policy Maker, Advocate and Activist both in his native Cameroon and in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa. He joined the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) in 2005 and served as - Deputy Director, UNAIDS Regional Support Team for West & Central Africa, Dakar, Senegal (2012-2017) overseeing programme implementation and support in 23 UNAIDS Country Offices in WCA, managing the UNAIDS Technical Support Facility for WCA based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, ensuring continuity of HIV services during the 2014/2016 Ebola Outbreak amongst others - UNAIDS Country Director and Representative in Sierra Leone and Liberia (2005-2007), Ghana (2007-2012) and the United Republic of Tanzania (2017-2022).
Dr ZEKENG is a Certified and Accredited Executive Coach, trained by the Academy of Executive Coaching (UK) with a passion in - giving back to the community – growing, empowering, and developing young people, junior professionals, colleagues for a better tomorrow. He is a graduate of the School of Medicine and Pharmacy (University Cheick Anta Diop, Dakar Senegal) and a trained Virologist and Immunologist (School of Medicine and Pasteur Institute Lille France).