Delon Human

president of Health Diplomats

Delon Human is president of Health Diplomats, a global health consulting group serving the tobacco, nicotine, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, and alcohol sectors, facilitating innovation, increased access to care and specializing in harm reduction policy, science and products.

Previously, Human served as secretary-general and CEO of the World Medical Association (WMA), secretary-general of the International Food and Beverage Alliance, secretary-general of the African Harm Reduction Alliance and adviser to the World Health Organization director-general and the United Nations secretary-general. He has published multiple articles in the field of tobacco harm reduction and authored the book Wise Nicotine (2009). He chairs several company and scientific advisory boards, including a project to develop a Covid-19 vaccine candidate by a biopharmaceutical company.

Human holds qualifications in medicine, child health and business studies.