Role: Mentor
Tracks: Digital Health
Mirza Ahmed
Senior Director, Digital Healthcare, Business Operations, Hikma Pharmaceuticals
Mirza Ahmed is a Partner at Bridge-ME, a firm focused on bridging foreign start-ups to the Middle East and North Africa. He specializes in commercial growth and data strategy with an industry focus in PharmTech. Previously, he was a Senior Director at Hikma Pharmaceuticals where he led the company's HealthTech-related portfolio growth efforts, including their Corporate Venture Capital team. Mirza successfully expanded Hikma Ventures' portfolio of companies with a focus on digital therapeutics including partnerships in the MENA region. Prior to Hikma, he was a technology strategy leader for Syneos Health's commercial businesses and a management consultant with PwC. Mirza currently also serves as a Partner with Bacchus Venture Capital, HealthTech advisor to OCA Ventures, and has past experiences with the United Nations and Council on Foreign Relations.