Meet The Team

Prof Dave Clark, The Aurum Institute Group Chief Executive Officer

Prof Dave Clark is the Group Chief Executive Officer and an executive director and board member of The Aurum Institute. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He holds an MBA, and an AMP from Harvard Business School. He is strongly involved in the health programmes, corporate services and strategic leadership of the company. His activities include oversight of the financial, human resource and data management services to support the work of the scientific and clinical departments.

Prof Vinodh Edward, The Aurum Institute Group Chief Operating Officer

Prof Vinodh Edward is the Group Chief Operating Officer and an executive director and board member of The Aurum Institute. He is a basic sciences researcher and has been involved in clinical research management since 2005. He is highly experienced in working with various international donors and delivering on research and health programs globally.

Margaret McCluskey, The Aurum Institute USA Co-Lead, Washington, D.C.

Serves as Aurum USA’s Senior Strategic Advisor, and her background includes leading HIV vaccine research for the United States Agency for International Development, the Vaccine Research Center at the National Institutes of Health, and the Johns Hopkins University.

John Hamilton, The Aurum Institute USA Co-Lead, New York City

Is the US Lead for Aurum USA. His experience includes managing grants, (Country Director for EQUIP Malawi), and academic institutions, (Assistant Provost - Chief of Staff position – for UCLA).