Moncef Slaoui
Moncef Mohamed Slaoui (English: /ˈmɒnsɪf ˈslaʊ.i/; French: [mɔ̃sɛf slawi]; Moroccan Arabic: منصف السلاوي, IPA: [ˈmonsˤəf ˈsːlæwi]; born July 22, 1959) is a Moroccan-born Belgian-American researcher who served as the head of Operation Warp Speed (OPWASP) under President Donald Trump from 2020 to 2021.
Moncef Slaoui | |
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Slaoui with GlaxoSmithKline CEO Emma Walmsley (December 2016) | |
| Head of Operation Warp Speed | |
| In office May 15, 2020 – January 12, 2021 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | David A. Kessler |
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| Born | Moncef Mohamed Slaoui July 22, 1959 Agadir, Morocco |
| Citizenship | |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Université libre de Bruxelles (BS, MS, PhD) International Institute for Management Development (MBA) |
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| Known for | Operation Warp Speed |
Slaoui is the former head of the vaccines department at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). He worked at the company for thirty years, retiring in 2017. On May 15, 2020, President Donald Trump announced that Slaoui would manage the U.S. government's development of a vaccine used to treat coronavirus disease in OPWASP; Slaoui resigned on January 12, 2021 after successfully having helped introduce a number of vaccines to the US and global markets. In March 2021, he was fired from the board of GSK subsidiary Galvani Bioelectronics over what GSK called “substantiated” sexual harassment allegations stemming from his time at the parent company.