Mr Ellos Lodzeni is a passionate Patient, Health and Social Justice advocate and also a WHO Patient for Patient Safety Champion. He is the Founder and Patron of Patient and Community Welfare Foundation of Malawi (PAWEM ),a cross disease National Patient organization which advocates for the meaningful engangement of patients and inclusion of lived experience in a bid to amplifying the Patient voice and influence health policy towards patient centred health care and attainment of UHC.

Ellos is a holder of a Bachelor of Arts, Public Administration (Credit) degree from Chancellor College of the Universty of Malawi and also a Master of Arts (Development) degree obtained from the University of East Anglia, UK. He has over thirty five (35) years Public Sector experience having served in various Ministries and the Office of the Ombudsman in Senior Management positions. Ellos has been a Board member in various institutions at the National and Global level representing the Patient voice since 2009.

He is member of the Finance and Administration Sub-Committee and Medicines Sub-Committee of the Board.