Clive Gray is Professor of Immunology in the Division of Immunology, Biomedical Research Institute at Stellenbosch University. He is also Emeritus Professor at UCT. He is an outstanding researcher in the field of HIV immunology and heads the Reproductive Immunology Research Consortium in Africa at Stellenbosch University. He is the Chair of the Education Committee of the International Union of Immunology Societies and the Director of the Federation of Clinical Immunology Society Centre of Excellence at Stellenbosch University. He is also the incoming President of the Federation of African Immunology Societies from December 2024 and Director of the Immunopaedia Foundation.