Tore Laerdal

Tore is the Executive Director of Laerdal Foundation, which funds practically related research and has earmarked half of its appropriations to programs related to saving lives at birth in low-income countries. The foundation is also a founding partner of ACAN.

He is further Chairman of Laerdal Medical , a Norwegian family-owned company making manikins and patient simulators for training in resuscitation and patient safety. Since 2010, he has turned his focus to global health challenges and established Laerdal Global Health, a not-for-profit company providing affordable and culturally sensitive training and therapeutic solutions to help reduce maternal and newborn mortality.

Tore has rich practical experience in both developing, industrializing, and distributing innovative products, and not least in bundling these into programs and implementing them through partnerships for much increased impact. Examples of this include the Helping Babies Breathe program, the Survive & Thrive program, and the WHO Basic Emergency Course.