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

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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