Chairman
Academic Alliance Foundation

Hank McKinnell is chairman of the Accordia Global Health Foundation, an organization dedicated to fighting infectious diseases in Africa by strengthening academic medical centers and building health care capacity through research, training, prevention, care, and treatment.

Dr. McKinnell joined Pfizer in 1971 in Tokyo and retired as chairman and CEO in 2007. Over the years, he held positions of increasing responsibility around the world, including president of Pfizer Asia, based in Hong Kong. He also served as Pfizer’s country manager–Iran/Afghanistan. In 1984 Dr. McKinnell relocated to New York, where he served as vice president–strategic planning, CFO, president–Pfizer medical device group, president–Pfizer pharmaceuticals group, president and COO, president and CEO, chairman and CEO, and chairman to December 2006.

Dr. McKinnell is a member on the boards of directors of Moody’s Corporation, where he is lead director, Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Emmaus Medical, and Angiotech Pharmaceuticals. He is chairman emeritus of the Connecticut Science Center, the Business Roundtable, the Pharmaceutical Research Manufacturers Association, the Food and Drug Law Institute, and the Medical Device Manufacturers Association. Dr. McKinnell also served as vice chairman of the World Economic Forum and as a member of the wef Foundation Board of Trustees. He served on the President’s Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. He is a director of the Medal of Honor Foundation and of the Royal Shakespeare Company of America, a life trustee of the Japan Society, and a former chairman of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Advisory Council.

Dr. McKinnell holds a BS in business from the University of British Columbia and MBA and PhD degrees from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Recent honors include the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, Japan’s highest award to individuals other than members of the Imperial Family and heads of state; the Sitara-i-Eisaar Award, Pakistan’s highest award for humanitarian relief; the Presidential Distinguished Service Award for contributions to health services in Uganda; the United Nations Association of the United States of America’s Global Leadership Award; the Woodrow Wilson Institute Corporate Service Award; the Columbia University Teachers College Cleveland E. Dodge Medal for Distinguished Service to Education; the Stanford Graduate School of Business Arbuckle Award and Excellence in Leadership Award; and an honorary doctorate in engineering from Polytechnic University.