Prof. Bakri Saeed (Former President Association of African Universities) UK

Prof. Bakri Osman Saeed obtained a Bachelor degree in Medicine and Surgery from University of Khartoum, a PhD from University of Leeds in the UK, a Doctor of Medicine from University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists and Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians, London, UK.

He is currently the President of Sudan International University and President of the Association of African Universities. He is UNESCO Chair in School Health Education. He is an Honorary Professor at Queen Mary College, University of London.

Before that, he was Professor and Founding Dean of St George’s International Medical School which is partnership between St George’s University in Grenada and Northumbria University in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

During his undergraduate years he served as President of the Medical Student’s Association of the University of Khartoum, Deputy Chairman of the 40-man Council of the   University of Khartoum Student’s Union and member of the executive committee of the All Africa Students Union, representing East African region.

He served as President of the Sudanese Students Union in UK and Ireland in the eighties.

He started his academic career as a lecturer in the University of Khartoum, and then worked for many years as Academician and Medical Consultant for University of Leicester, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and University of London (UCL) where he was Head of Department of Clinical Chemistry and Metabolic Medicine based at the Whittington Hospital.

He was Professor and head of department of biochemistry, genetics and nutrition at St George’s University in Grenada, W.I. He has been involved with many higher education and training bodies in the UK, Sudan and other countries.

He was involved in conflict resolution and Peace promotion in Africa through appointment as Special Advisor to the United Nations University for Peace. He was a member of ‘The Africa Team’, lead by Ambassador Mohamed Sahnoon, Former Foreign Minister of Algeria and Kofi Anan’s envoy to Africa.

He was a member of President Carter’s initiative for Sudan-South Sudan popular reconciliation and Co-Chairman of the Vienna Peace initiative for cross-border communities, as Counterpart to Dr Faselband, former defense minister of Austria.

He has been a long-time advocate of environment protection and food safety and security, and he served as Chairman of the technical Committee of the National Bio-safety Council in Sudan.

He raised research funds from most of the major international funding bodies, including: USAID, NIH, WHO, European Union-TDR, Wellcome Trust and British Medical Research Council.