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Revision as of 16:31, 21 April 2020
 Wellcome Trust  (Pharma Lobby)   | |
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| Formation | 1936 |
| Headquarters | London, UK |
| Interests | Biomedical Research |
| Interest of | Martin Landray |
| Member of | The Hague Club, WEF/Strategic Partners |
| Subpage | •Wellcome Trust/CEO •Wellcome Trust/Chair •Wellcome Trust/Director |
| Membership | •  Jeremy Farrar•  Eliza Manningham-Buller• Michael A J Ferguson • Tobias Bonhoeffer • William Burns (pharmaceutical industry) •  Amelia Fawcett• Richard Gillingwater • Bryan Grenfell • Fiona Powrie • Cilla Snowball • Elhadj As Syd |
The Wellcome Trust is a research-charity based in London in the United Kingdom. It had a financial endowment of £25.9 billion in 2018[1], making it the fourth wealthiest charitable foundation in the world. The aim of the Trust is to "achieve extraordinary improvements in health by supporting the brightest minds", and in addition to funding biomedical research, it supports the public understanding of science. Former leader of MI5, Eliza Manningham-Buller is Chair of the Board of Governors[2].
History
The Trust was established to administer the fortune of the American-born pharmaceutical magnate Sir Henry Wellcome, with the goal to improve human and animal health.
Financing
The Wellcome Trust had a financial endowment of £25.9 billion in 2018, making it the fourth wealthiest charitable foundation in the world.
Leadership
The Director of the Wellcome Trust is Jeremy Farrar [3]. Former leader of MI5, Eliza Manningham-Buller is Chair of the Board of Governors[4].
Known members
4 of the 12 of the members already have pages here:
| Member | Description |
|---|---|
| Jeremy Farrar | Wellcome Trust/Director, took part in A Spreading Plague in 2019, assisted Daszak in promoting the zoonotic origin of COVID-19, 2021 Monkeypox Tabletop Exercise |
| Amelia Fawcett | |
| Julia Gillard | Prime Minister of Australia from 2011 to 2013 who went on'a CIA re-education course'. From 2021 Chair of the Wellcome Trust. Her services to the Israel lobby got her husband a cushy job. |
| Eliza Manningham-Buller |
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Monkeypox Tabletop Exercise | A 2021 biological exercise which (presciently) predicted the monkeypox pandemic which started in mid May 2022 | ||
| Call to Action: CSIS-LSHTM High-Level Panel on Vaccine Confidence and Misinformation | 19 October 2020 | 19 October 2020 | Strategic public-private master plan for medical censorship and vaccine persuasion. |
