REEP Advisory Board (external members only)
| Dr Laurine Platzky (CHAIR)University of the Western Cape Laurine was previously Deputy Director General in the Western Cape Government and lead author of the Alcohol Harms Reduction White Paper for the Western Cape. Visit her profile here. |
| Prof. Leslie LondonUniversity of Cape Town Leslie is the Chair of Public Health Medicine in the School of Public Health and Family Medicine at the University of Cape Town. Read more here. |
| Dr Evan BlecherWorld Bank Evan is an Economist at the Global Health Programme at the World Bank. Previously at the WHO’s Fiscal Policies for Health Unit and Tobacconomics at the University of Illinois in Chicago. Read his bio here. |
![]() | Dr Maxime CampaoreNorwegian Cancer Society Nonguebzanga Maxime is a special advisor on international affairs at the Norwegian Cancer Society. Read more here. |
![]() | Dr Jeffrey DropeJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Jeffrey is the Director of Economics for Health, as well as a Research Professor focusing on the nexus of public health (including tobacco control, nutrition, physical activity, alcohol misuse, etc.) and economic policymaking, especially taxation, trade and investment. Read more here. |
![]() | Rachel Kitonyo-DevotsuDevelopment Gateway Rachel is a Senior Tobacco Control Advisor working on the Tobacco Control Data Initiative (TCDI) program. Read more here. |
![]() | Dr Nicole VelliosREEP, UCT Nicole is Chief Research Officer and currently Acting Director for REEP. Read more here. |



