Marit Holleman MSc
Director of Community Engagement and Outreach
- Marit is TBVI’s Director of Community Engagement and Outreach and a Project Manager. She leads activities that strengthen engagement and collaboration across TBVI’s network, including knowledge exchange, partner relations, scientific meetings and resource mobilisation. She also supports the integration of community engagement and involvement into clinical programmes and contributes to project management and coordination.
Before joining TBVI, Marit held positions at Intravacc, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), and the Netherlands Vaccine Institute. Her work focused on Global Health, connecting public and private stakeholders, identifying research needs and building common ground on policy and strategic issues in vaccine research and development. She has also held several international staff and project management roles, including in vaccinology training and technology transfer to low- and middle-income countries in collaboration with the World Health Organization.
Marit is passionate about the power of collaboration to develop sustainable and innovative solutions to global health challenges. “TB remains one of the world’s biggest health challenges, and I am pleased to contribute to TBVI’s work. Its philosophy of accelerating TB vaccine development through strong partnerships strongly appeals to me.”