David Nabarro is the Co-Director of the Imperial College Institute of Global Health Innovation and supports systems leadership for sustainable development through his Switzerland based social enterprise 4SD (Skills, Systems and Synergies for Sustainable Development).

Currently David is Special Envoy of WHO on COVID-19 and Senior Advisor to the United Nations Food Systems Summit.

David secured his medical qualification in 1974 and has worked in over 50 countries in multiple positions.

In October 2018, David received the World Food Prize together with Lawrence Haddad for their leadership in building coalitions for action for better nutrition across the Sustainable Development Goals.