ADGHW 2024 VISIONARY SPEAKERS
Abu Dhabi Global Health Week 2025 will converge global healthcare leaders to pave the way for transitioning from healthcare to health.
H.E. Mansoor Al Mansoori
Member of The Abu Dhabi Executive Council | Chairman of The Department of Health in Abu Dhabi, Department of Health
Department of Health
H.E. Dr. Noura Al Ghaithi
Undersecretary
Department of Health, Abu Dhabi
HRH Princess Dr. Haya Bint Khaled Bin Bandar Al Saud
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
H.E. Prof. Dr. Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar
Minister of Health and Population
Arab Republic of Egypt
H.E. Madame Monica Geingos
Former First Lady
Namibia
Honorable Upendra Yadav
Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Health and Population
Nepal
H.E. Adonis Georgiadis
Minister of Health
Greece
H.E. Anahit Avanesyan
Minister of Health
Armenia
H.E. Dr. Muhammad Ali Pate
Minister of Health
Nigeria
H.E. Dr. Jean Kaseya
Director-General Africa CDC
Kenya
H.E. Pr. Adrien Mougougou
Minister of Health and Social Affairs
The Republic of Gabon
H.E. Dr. Teodoro Javier Herbosa
Secretary of Health
Philippines
Hasan Jasem Al Nowais
Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer
M42
H.E. Dr. Ahmed AlKhazraji
Acting Director General
Abu Dhabi Public Health Center
H.E. Farida Alhosani
Executive Director Infectious Diseases
Abu Dhabi Public Health Center
Sir Jonathan Symonds
Chair
GSK
Sir Chris Evans
Chairman
Ellipses Pharma
Dr. Laurie Glimcher
President & CEO
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Dr. Scott Penberthy
Healthcare and Life Sciences CTO
Google Cloud
Dr. David C. Rhew
Global Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and VP of Healthcare
Microsoft
Michel Demare
Non-Executive Chair of the Board
AstraZeneca
Dr. Emanuele Capobianco
Chief Strategy & Impact Officer
WHO Foundation
Prof. Dr. med. Mathias Goyen
Chief Medical Officer EMEA
GE HealthCare
Dr. Asma Al Mannaei
Executive Director, Research and Innovation Centre
Department of Health, Abu Dhabi
Dr. Vivek Muthu
Advisor & Director
Ellipses Pharma & Health Value Alliance
Ms. Eithne Treanor
Founder & CEO
Etreanor Media
Prof. Andrea Maier
Oon Chiew Seng Professor in Medicine
National University of Singapore
Dr. Ning Li
Vice President
BGI Group
Nisa Leung
Managing Partner
Qiming Venture Partners
Arjun Sarker
CEO
Dawn Medical Technologies
Prof. Swee Chye Quek
Chairman, Medical Board
National University Hospital, Singapore
Matthew Stoudt
Co-Founder and CEO
AppliedVR
Thomas H. Rudy
Chief Investment Officer
LEAD Sports & Health Tech Partners
Prof. George Wharton
Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy
LSE
Dr. Saleh Saif Salem Fares Al Ali
President-Elect
DoH
Dr. Mahmoud Alyamani
NEOM Health & Wellbeing Sector Head
NEOM
Ashish Koshy
Group Chief Operating Officer
M42
Dr. Stephen Grobmyer
Chair, Oncology Institute-Fatima bint Mubarak Center
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
William Warr
Senior Vice President Global Health Strategy
BioNTech
Prof. David Dodick
Professor Emeritus
Mayo Clinic & Consultant
Dr. Ines Hassan
Director of the Global Health Security Consortium
Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
Dr. Jihen Toumi
Head Medical Affairs - Gulf Countries - Innovative Medicines
Novartis
Dr. James Kirkland Noaber
Professor of Aging Research
Mayo Clinic
Bathylle Missika
Head of the Networks, Partnerships and Gender Division
OECD Development Centre
Iskra Reic
Executive VP Vaccines and Immune Therapies
AstraZeneca
Ryoji Noritake
CEO, and Board Member
Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI) in Japan
Dr. Asmus Hammerich
Director, NCDs and Mental Health
WHO EMRO
Chakib Nejjari
Professor
Mohammed VI University of Health Sciences
Prof. Hesham Dinana
Assistant Professor Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
The American University in Cairo
Dr. Imane Kendili
President
African Global Health
Dr. Samir Said
General Manager, Enterprise Informatics
Philips - Middle East, Türkiye and Africa (META)
Dr. Anna van Poucke
Global Head of Healthcare
KPMG
Sameh El Fangary
Country President – GCC Cluster
AstraZeneca
Pelin Incesu
Area Vice President, Middle East & Africa
AstraZeneca
Stefan Weber
Vice President in AstraZeneca, leading the Global Policy, Advocacy and Health Equity team
Astrazeneca
Mr. Avik Roy
Founder and President
Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity
Dr. Nawal Alkaabi
Senior Advisor
Hayat Biotech
John F. Crowley
President and CEO
Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)
Vik Krishnan
President
TeleVox
Adam Koppel
Partner
Bain Capital Life Sciences
Dr. Toby Cosgrove
Executive Advisor & Former CEO
The Cleveland Clinic
Rich Carter
Sr. Vice President and Chief Digital Officer
Eli Lilly and Company
Dr. Hesham A. Abdullah
Senior Vice President, Global Head Oncology, R&D
GSK (GlaxoSmithKline)
Dr. David L. Katz
Specialist in Internal Medicine, Preventive Medicine/Public Health, and Lifestyle Medicine
Alex Bedenkov
VP, Global Evidence, BioPharmaceuticals Medical
Astrazeneca
Dr. Omar Najim
Executive Director of Healthcare and Life Science
United Al Saqer Group (UASQ HLS)
Mr. Shan Jegatheeswaran
Vice President and Global Head, Digital
Johnson & Johnson MedTech
Alexander Roediger
Associate Vice President, Global Lead Oncology Policy
MSD
Alex Zhavoronkov
Chairman, Executive Director, CEO
Insilico
Steven M. Barnard
Chief Technology Officer & SVP Global Head of Research & Development
Illumina
Dr. Marwan Al Kaabi
Acting Chief Executive Officer
SSMC
Dr. Aejaz Zahid
Group Director - Innovation & Research
Pure Health
Mr. Isaac Applbaum
Founding General Partner
MizMaa Ventures
Dr. David Wessel
Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Physician-In-Chief
Children's National Hospital
Corey Smith
Vice President of Informatics and Digital Products
American Medical Association (AMA)
Dr. Marilyn M. Li, M.D.
Director of Cancer Genomic Diagnostics Program
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
Dr. James Mault
CEO
BioIntelliSense
Ali Hashemi
Co-Founder and Chairman
GluCare.Health
Robert McGough
Partner
Hill Dickinson LLP
Dr. Clive Svendsen
Professor and Executive Director, BOG Regenerative Medicine Institute
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Adam Melonas
CEO
Chew/Fastfood
Prof. Jens Lundgren
Director, translational and clinical research centre
CHIP, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen
Dr. Nicole Sirotin
CEO, Institute for Healthier Living Abu Dhabi and Staff Physician, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Institute for Healthier Living, Abu Dhabi | Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi
Dr. Rima Rachid
Co-Director, Food Allergy Program
Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Alireza Haghighi
Founding Director, Harvard International Center for Genetic Disease
Harvard Medical School
Evelyne Bischof
Professor
Renji affiliation/ Healthy longevity medicine society
Dr. Noha Salem
Global Women's Health Policy Lead
Organon
Kimberly Washington
Co-Founder & Chief Investment Officer
Deep Space Biology
Mr. David Hadley
CEO
NMC Healthcare
Dr. Marcelo Malakooti
Chief Medical Officer
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Rauf Mohammed
Vice President, Technology & Services - Middle East
IQVIA
Dr. Shawn Murphy
Chief Research Information Officer
Mass General Brigham
Aaron Weaver
Managing Partner
Apeiron Investment Group
Dr. Crystal Lee
CEO & Founder
United Natives
Mr. Jean-Paul Scheuer
MCO Lead and General Manager Specialty Care Greater Gulf
Sanofi
Prof. César de la Fuente
Presidential Assistant Professor
University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Asma Deep
Consultant Pediatrician and Chair of the Pediatric Endocrinology Division
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
Dr. Salman Rizvi
Head of Regional Medical Education & Digital Implementation - JANZ and Emerging Markets
Viatris
Lars Hartenstein
Co-Leader
McKinsey Health Institute
Prof. Shahrukh Hashmi
Director of Research
Department of Health
Dr. Thomas Launey
Chief Researcher
Biotech Research Center, Technology Innovation Institute Abu Dhabi
Christophe Jauquet
Keynote speaker, author and business strategist for a healthier future
Ms. Reenita Das
Partner, Senior Vice President
Frost and Sullivan
Dr. Sanji De Sylva
VP – Clinical Engagement and Informatics
Malaffi
Kawthar Bukhari
Partner Success Manager
Plug and Play
Principal
Global Ventures
Steve Gardner
Managing Director
Healthcare World
Rudi Schmidt
Chief Operating Officer
Institute for Healthier Living Abu Dhabi
Lara Setrakian
Co-Founder
News Deeply
Angel Martin
Head of Digital Health Advocacy EMEA, Worldwide Government Affairs and Policy
Johnson & Johnson
Elena Bonfiglioli
Global Business Leader, GM Healthcare, Pharma and Life Sciences
Microsoft
Naim Yazbeck
General Manager
Microsoft UAE
Ibrahim Al Jallaf
Group Head of Digital & Analytics
Department of Health – Abu Dhabi
Nayur Khan
Partner
McKinsey & Company
Dr. Bassam Mahboub
Consultant, respiratory and allergy professor of Medicine
Dubai Health Authority
Dr. Ashraf Alzaabi
President
Emirates Thoracic Society
Dr. Mohamed Farghaly
Consultant in Family Medicine
United Medical Center
Dr. Humaid Al Shamsi
Consultant & Director Oncology Services
Burjeel Holdings
Dr. Rasha Buhumaid
President
Emirates Society of Emergency Medicine
Dr. Ffion Davies
President
International Federation for Emergency Medicine
Dr. Fred Moll
Pioneer of Robotic Surgery, Palo Alto, USA
Dr. Todd Wilson
Chief Medical Officer
EndoQuest Robotics
Dr. Jihad Kaouk
Professor of Surgery, Institute Vice Chair Surgical Innovations, Director Robotic Center
Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
Dr. Vitor Mendes Pereira
Professor of Medical Imaging and Surgery
University of Toronto
Dr. James Tudor
Assistant Professor Radiology
VP AI XCath Inc.
Eduardo Fonseca
CEO
XCath Inc.
Dr. Young Hoon Oh
VP Robotics
XCath Inc.
Kurt Azarbarzin
CEO
EndoQuest Robotics
Aisha Y. Salem-Howey
Intellectual Property Attaché for the Middle East & North Africa
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
Amit Batra
Healthcare Industry Executive, EMEA
Microsoft
Dr. Jawaher Ali Khan Ansari
Chief of Medical Oncology
Tawam Hospital
Dr. Rizwan Syed
Radionucleide consultant
SSMC
Stacey Hickson
Director, Global Access Policy
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
Oriol Sola-Morales
Founder and President
HiTT Foundation
Mazen Bachir
Chairman
PHRMAG
H.E. Dr. Fatima Al Kaabi
Director General
Emirates Drug Establishment
Mohamed Ezz Eldin
Head Gulf Countries
Novartis Middle East FZ
Dr. Christopher Thompson
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Co-Director, Center of Weight Management and Wellness, Director of Endoscopy, Brigham Health.
Pedro Matias Rosa
Managing director
Johnson and Johnson GULF
Isabel Afonso
Chief Executive Officer
Arcera
Dr. Marwan Abdulaziz Janahi
Executive Director
Dubai Science Park (DSP)
Dr. Dirk Richter
Division Director Health Sector Innovation
Department of Health - Abu Dhabi
Jordan Bray
VP & UAE Director
Plug and Play
Ionut Taranu
Strategy and Business Innovation Chapter Lead
Roche Middle East
Yacine Hadjiat
Innovation in Health Science & Digital Health
Dubai Health
Mhy-Lanie Adduru
Chief Medical Officer
Predictiv Care
Dr. Khatija Ali
CEO
BioSapien
Marina Sol
Founder and CEO
Diagnio
Mr. Abbes Seqqat
President
ORVA (by RAIN Technology)
Dr. Sean Cross
Exec Director for Enterprise
Maudsley Hospital, London
Phil Anderton
Managing Director
ADHD 360
Dr. Nahida Ahmed
Chief Medical Officer
Sakina- SEHA Mental Health & Well-being Services
Dr. Gireesh Kumar
Associate Partner - Healthcare Advisory Services, Healthcare and Education
Knight Frank UAE Limited
Nyasha Samhembere
Founder & CEO
Feels
Dr. Richard Marshall
Chief Executive Officer
Juvenescence
Dr. Videha Sharma
Co-founder and Clinical Innovation Lead
University of Manchester
Dr. Mohammad Al-Ubaydli
CEO
Patients Know Best
Mr. Mansoor Ahmed
Executive Director I Middle East & Africa (MEA) Region | Head of Development Solutions I Healthcare I Education I PPP
Colliers
Andrea Tithecott
Partner, Head of Regulatory Practice, Healthcare & Life Sciences
Al Tamimi & Company
Ibrahim Almaghlouth
Director, Population Health Activation
NEOM
Walid Kattan
Regional Director
BeeHealthy
Dr. Ali Anees
Executive Director, Revenue Cycle and Regulatory Affairs
M42
Rizwan Tufail
Chief Data Officer
PureHealth
Jon Pickering
CEO
Mizaic
Dr. Simon Swift
Founder
Lytix Ltd
Dr. Moustafa Abdelwahab
Senior Specialist Healthcare Quality Improvement Programs
Department of Health
Farouk Dako
Assistant Professor of Radiology
University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Salim Chemlal
Director of Product
AI71
Mrs. Julie Coope
Associate Director, Global Health Lead
BRG
Mr. Mohammed (Moe) Ayoubieh
Vice President, Enterprise Project Management Office
M42
Dr. Jeffrey Barsuk
Executive Medical Director, Northwestern Simulation
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Satheesh Kumar
Executive Director
Ruaa Home Healthcare LLC
Mr. Richard Cantlay
Global Healthcare Leader
Mott MacDonald
Mr. Bjorn Almér
Chief Business Officer (CBO)
Skåne Care AB
Amy Lehoczky
Director Environment, Social and Governance
G42
Dr. Suhel Ahmed
CEO / Founder
AppLocum
Mrs. Helen Featherstone
Director and General Manager
GMC Services International Ltd
Dr. Maya El Mallat
Group Quality Director, SEHA & Acting Chief Quality Officer, Abu Dhabi Region
SEHA
Dr. Nellie Boma
Chief Medical Officer
Czech Rehabilitation Hospital
Dr. Ruqqia Mir
Member of the Medical Committee
UAE National MS Society
Mrs. Nikita Sethi
Senior Partner Success Manager
Plug and Play
Michael Maylahn
Investor
Plug and Play
Sion Hau
Ventures Lead UAE
Plug and Play
Florian Krüger-Herbert
Head of Technology Emerging Markets | EMEA
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
Hesham Husni
Senior Specialist Health Sector Innovation Incubator
Department of Health - Abu Dhabi
Reham Kotb
Chair of the Environmental and Public Health Department
Abu Dhabi University
Tiago Magalhães
VP Bioinformatics
M42
Andrew Fawcett
Partner
Al Tamimi & Company
Dr. Umar Naeem Ahmad
CEO
Abtrace
Louis-Philippe Noel
Founder
BioTwin
Dr. Meshari Alwashmi
CEO and Co-Founder
AmplifAI
Innocent Clement
CEO and Founder
Ciba Health
Dr. Emmanuel Abu
VP, Head of Laboratory Services
NMC Healthcare Group
Adi Codaty
Head, Business Development
Munich Re HealthTech
Dr. Muhaned Attaullah
Strategic Director - Digital Health
du ICT
Benjamin Furneaux
President
AMEA Growth - Healthcare Consulting
Dr. Sahil Kirpekar
Chief Business Officer
atai Life Sciences
Emma Sheldon
CEO
Healthcare World
Jon Atkin
Chief Commercial Officer
Favom
Marc Petre
Chief Operation Officer
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Mazen Bachir
Chairman
PHRMAG
Dr. Khalil Ramadi
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
New York University Abu Dhabi
Mark Maycroft
Senior Product Manager
PureHealth
Hamdan Hamdan
Assistant Professor Biological Sciences
Khalifa University
Fatima Yousif Mohammed Abdulla Alshamsi
PhD
Sumayya Ismail Ibrahim Ali Al Ali
Doctoral Student in Molecular Biology
Khalifa University
Khairat Al Habbal
Assistant Professor Strand Leader, Medicine and Society Medical Sciences
Khalifa University
Dr. Anna Maria Pappa
Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology
Khalifa University
Basem Al-Omari
Assistant Professor Public Health And Epidemiology
Khalifa University
Prof. Habiba Al Safar
Dean of the College of Medicine and Health Sciences
Khalifa University
Fatima AlShimmari
Student
Khalifa University
Dr. Amna Ahli
Medical Doctor
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Dr. Halima Alnaqbi
Post-doctoral Scientist
Khalifa University
Fatima Alshamsi
PhD candidate (Biomedical Engineering)
Khalifa University
Mohamed Alhashmi
Medical Doctor
Khalifa University
Prof. Saleh Mohamed Saleh Ibrahim
Associate Dean for Research | Professor, Department of Medical Sciences | Director, Center of Biotechnology
Khalifa University
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