Pascal Bijleveld joined ATscale as its first CEO in November 2021, bringing 20 years of leadership experience in global public health at country, regional and global levels. Most recently, Pascal was the Director of Country Support at Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance where he led Gavi's largest team responsible for country investments to drive greater coverage and equity vaccine access. Pascal also directed the COVID-19 vaccine delivery efforts across all Gavi-eligible countries through the Covax Facility.

From 2013 to 2017, he led the Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Strategy and Coordination Team—a multi-agency team hosted by UNICEF that successfully managed a US$250 million trust fund supporting countries to accelerate progress in reducing maternal and child mortality. In this role Pascal also co-led, with the World Bank, the business development team that established the Global Financing Facility.

Before moving to New York, Pascal spent several years in Africa with the Clinton Health Access Initiative as Country Director in Rwanda, Regional Director for West/Central Africa based in Ghana and as Executive Vice-President for health systems strengthening work, focusing on health financing, based out of Kenya.

He has also worked as advisor to the Assistant Director General for General Management and acting Director General for the World Health Organization in Geneva, and as a management consultant with McKinsey & Co. helping launch the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Pascal holds a master’s degree in international relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science.