[4] In 2018, he co-chaired a task force of Science Europe (alongside David Sweeney of UKRI) which developed a specific implementation guidance on the so-called Plan S principles.

[5] In January 2017, Røttingen served as interim CEO for the launch of Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

[9][10] From 2020, Røttingen also chaired the Executive Group and the International Steering Committee of the WHO' Solidarity trial to compare four untested treatments for hospitalized people with severe COVID-19 illness.

[11] In early 2021, Røttingen was appointed by the G20 to the High Level Independent Panel (HLIP) on financing the global commons for pandemic preparedness and response, co-chaired by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Lawrence Summers.

[12] That same year, he was also appointed to the Pandemic Preparedness Partnership (PPP), an expert group chaired by Patrick Vallance to advise the G7 presidency held by the government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson.