Naji Gehchan
I strive to make life better for patients around the world. This purpose drives my passion and shapes my career choices.
June 13th 2007, I remember that day. Screeching toward a terrorist bombing site in Beirut, I was leading a team of first aid responders. We were the first rescue team on the scene. I had just a couple of seconds to make the decision for myself and my team… Do we risk our lives to save others? We went full steam ahead and spent the next 6 hours finding and saving survivors. When I reflect back, that was a defining moment in my life. My life has been dedicated since then to serving patients and leading teams and organizations toward the noble purpose of making life better. After completing medical school, attending business schools and gaining invaluable humanitarian experience, I am proud to have spent over a decade leading teams in the pharma and biotech industry. Every day, I work to ensure that medical innovations and discoveries reach the millions of patients who need them..
My journey across various functions within organizations and across multiple geographies has strengthened my belief in leading and uniting through purpose while embracing differences and diversity. Co-founding a healthcare startup serving the Arab Region was a testament to this philosophy. My passion for people drives me to spread love in the organizations I lead, creating spaces where individuals feel safe, thrive, and imagine a better world.
Through these podcasts, and alongside incredible leaders from around the globe, I aim to inspire a movement focused on purpose-driven, human-centered healthcare leadership. Together, we can foster genuinely caring environments where people feel empowered to ask questions, express their thoughts, and nurture innovation. By reigniting collective imagination, we can create a better world for everyone.
Discover more about my story and wand the inspiration behind this movement and podcast by listening to this episode or this podcast.
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Zena Sfeir
I believe that no matter the business you’re in, it should lead to positive social impact.
During my business school years, I volunteered in the Lebanese Red Cross as a first aid responder. This experience taught me a lot on so many levels, but more importantly, being in the field during moment of high tension, I was faced with the harsh reality of healthcare disparity and inequities. Access to healthcare became a passion and I dedicated my life choices to impact positively people’s life around me. This brought me to work in the pharmaceutical industry the first years of my professional life before cofounding a digital health startup focusing on empowering and educating patients in the Middle East, to improve health literacy and access to care.
Entrepreneurial spirited, passionately curious about health management and innovation, selected among the “50 entrepreneurs outside the US you need to know“, I am an eternal enthusiast about sharing value and creating connections with people and ideas to improve health around the world.
It’s a great day to create change! Don’t hesitate to connect with me on LinkedIn.
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