Dr. Malick Diara is an international executive and institutional leader with a distinguished career spanning the corporate, multilateral, and academic sectors. His professional trajectory, from senior health management roles at ExxonMobil to advisory and governance positions with leading global institutions, reflects a rare ability to operate with authority across radically different institutional cultures, geographies, and professional contexts.
At ExxonMobil, Dr. Diara held senior executive responsibilities including Occupational Health Manager for Mozambique and Corporate Public Health Manager, overseeing complex, multi-stakeholder programmes across challenging operating environments in Africa and beyond. His career has been defined by an ability to build trusted, high-impact partnerships across organisational, cultural, and geographic boundaries, consistently translating strategic mandates into operational results.
Dr. Diara is a member of the National School of Tropical Medicine alongside Dr. Peter Hotez, an Associate Adjunct Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, and a former board member of the Global Health Board of the National Academies, reflecting a sustained commitment to institutional governance and knowledge leadership at the highest level.