Contact Details:

Observer - GAELF

Global Product Donations
Merck & Co Inc.
1 Merck Drive
Whitehouse Station
NJ 08889
USA

T: 908 423 3088
E: ken_gustavsen@merck.com

Ken Gustavsen

Ken is Director, Corporate Responsibility at Merck & Co. Inc. His responsibilities include the management and strategic development of all activities associated with the Merck Mectizan® Donation Program. He serves as the liaison between Merck and its partners involved in Mectizan® distribution for onchocerciasis (river blindness) and lymphatic filariasis. He also manages Merck's donations of other pharmaceutical products and vaccines and developing world health care capacity building programs. Ken has been with Merck since October 2000.

Prior to joining Merck he worked for the non-profit organization World Relief, where he served as Project Director in Kosovo (Yugoslavia). There he directed World Relief's post-war development activities and coordinated efforts with various government and non-governmental agencies.

Before his work with World Relief, Ken was a Lieutenant in the United States Navy. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in oceanography and holds a Masters of Business Administration degree in finance from Rutgers University.