Giten Khwairakpam - Giten is currently the Community and Policy Program Manager at amfAR’s TREAT Asia program in Bangkok, Thailand. He is a member of World Health Organization’s Global Guidelines Development Group on hepatitis B and hepatitis C and a member of the Expert Advisory group on HCV with the Medicines Patent Pool. He also has served in different technical groups on viral hepatitis in WHO WPRO and SEARO region. He has been working on improving hepatitis C treatment access and advocating for price reductions in South and South East Asia in partnership with regional and national community networks. He was also profiled as a Change Maker for hepatitis C by the Economist Intelligence Unit in 2016.

Jacqui Richmond has worked in the viral hepatitis sector in a variety of roles in nursing, education, research and policy development. She currently works at the Burnet Institute as the Workforce Development and Health Service Delivery Project Manager for the EC Australia partnership.

Joanne Bryant is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Social Research in Health in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at UNSW. She is a social scientist trained in sociology and epidemiology, and has led a range of research projects focusing on harm reduction, hepatitis C, substance use and sexual health.