André Griekspoor is currently working in the Humanitarian Policy and Guidance unit of the World Health Organization' s department for Emergency Operations. Among others, he is responsible for health sector policy development in protracted crises, including appropriate approaches for health system strengthening in fragile contexts, and to support post conflict and post disaster recovery planning processes. He joined the World Health Organization in 2000, and during this period, he also worked for four years as senior evaluation adviser in the Evaluation and Performance Audit unit at WHO.

Before WHO, Andre Griekspoor worked with Médecins Sans Frontières for almost ten years in different positions, including as a field doctor or medical coordinator in South Sudan, Rwanda, Ethiopia and Liberia. During this period he was also health adviser and later the head of the monitoring and evaluation unit in the Amsterdam office.

Andre Griekspoor is a medical doctor with a Masters in International Public Health.