Melchior leads on policy work on global health and environmental governance.

His focus includes the UN plastic pollution negotiations, biodiversity and access and benefit sharing under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Nagoya Protocol (NP), as well as vaccine policy and pathogen sharing.

Prior to joining IFPMA, Melchior worked with the Intellectual Property Unit of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

He holds a master’s degree in International Law from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology and Law from the London School of Economics.