Dr. Pervez Ahmed, CEO & Managing Director of Max Healthcare
Institute Ltd.
Dr. Ahmed was born in Shillong, Assam and had his Indian School
Certificate Examination completed from St. Edmunds School followed by
Pre-Medical at Hindu College, New Delhi and MBBS from Armed Forces
Medical College, Pune. After one and a half year residency at Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi
he proceeded to New York, where he had completed Residency in Internal Medicine and
Fellow-ship in Cardiology. He is Board Certified in Internal and Cardiovascular disease and is
also a Certified Medical Director. Since 1977 he has been involved in academic Medicine at
SUNY, Downstate. He has been Physician In-charge of ICU and been Director of Critical Care
Medicine at Brookdale Hospital Medical Centre. Dr. Pervez Ahmed has been an active
participant in healthcare related fields especially in development of standards of critical care
medicine in New York. He has been Course Director of many Internal Medicine and Cardiology
review courses at Brookdale and participant in clinical studies. He was also responsible for a
start up extended care Rehab facility in New York. He has extensive experience in Healthcare
Management. Dr. Ahmed Perez was a Board Member of Max Healthcare Institute Ltd. from
2005 to 2007, and then Executive Medical Director from 2007-2009, and now CEO & Managing
Director of Max Healthcare Institute Ltd.
Mutasim M. Y. Z. Alireza, Managing Director, Magrabi Hospitals &
Centers
Mutasim Alireza, is a Saudi national, born in 1960 in Jeddah Saudi
Arabia. He completed his High school education in the U.K.,
undergraduate and graduate studies in management from the U.S.A
ending with an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles
1984. Mutasim has been working in the healthcare Industry in the Middle East for the last 25
years. Thirteen years at AMI Saudi Arabia LTD, to eventually become its CEO.AMI had the
management contracts for six of the largest specialized & general governmental Hospitals in
Saudi Arabia with a total of 2100 beds. In 1997 AMI& Mutasim partnered with Magrabi
Hospitals ¢ers (MHC),the leading specialized provider of Opthalmology, ENT & Dental
services in the Middle East. Under his leadership as CEO of MHC since 1997, MHC expanded
the number of its locations from 6 to 24 hospitals and surgical centers in six different countries
across the Middle East & Egypt, achieved JCI accreditation, and quadrupled the turnover& today
treating more than 600,000 patients annually.
Mutasim is also the elected head of the Healthcare committee at the chamber of
commerce in Jeddah as well as being on the healthcare Board of Makkah region & founding
Board member of Ebsar charity organization for the blind as well as the not for profit, Saudi
institute for health services.
MHC vision is to be the leading, most reputable & recognized sub specialized provider of
Ophthalmology, ENT & Dentistry services throughout the Middle East and Africa.
Dr. Alejandro J. Ayón, Chief Medical Officer, Hospital
Metropolitano
Dr. Ayón is currently CMO of Hospital Metropolitano in
Managua where he is in charge of Medical structure and relationship and
quality standards. In addition, he has established the Committees of the
Medical Staff encourage the compromise of doctors with the hospital; actualize the bylaws and
reglamentation of the medical staff. He is involved in all the Committees of the Hospital and
was also involved in the accreditional process with the International Joint Commission (IJC). He
is a Member of the Hospital Innovation Committee. Organize and proposes new ideas for the
Strategic Planning. Prior to taking this position, Dr. Ayón was Chief of Pediatric Service at
Hospital Metropolitano, from July 2002 – May 2006 He also held the position of Dean at
Catholic University “Redemptoris Matter” in Managua, Nicaragua
Dr Nayeem Azim, ACOMET Hospital,
Afghanistan
A graduate of Kabul Medical Institute, Dr
Nayeem Azim arrived in the United Kingdom as a
refugee from Afghanistan in 1993. Through hard
work and perseverance he qualified to work as a doctor in the UK in 1997 and in 2000 completed
his postgraduate training in family medicine. He managed his own medical practice in North
London and, with the support of the British Medical Association, the UK National Health
Service and others founded a college for overseas doctors called North Central London College.
In 2002 Dr Azim returned to Afghanistan, initially as an adviser to the WHO. He went on to
develop a new hospital and training center, ACOMET, adjacent to Kabul University. ACOMET
opened in 2007 and is already one of Kabul’s most trusted private hospitals and training centers
– its medical training course having received accreditation from the UK Royal College of
General Practitioners.
Dr. Jacob Bergsland, Co-Founder, BH Heart Center
Dr. Bergsland graduated from the University of Oslo Medical
Faculty in 1972 and completed his residency in Cardiothoracic Surgery
at SUNYAB in 1983. He is currently Medical Director at the BH Heart
Center, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Prior to this, he held the
position of Cardiac Surgeon, at the Interventional Center, Rikshospitalet and was Director Center
for Less Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Kaleida Health, Buffalo, New York from 1997 to 2001. He
has received certification from the American Board of Surgery in 1992 and the American Board
of Thoracic Surgery in 1993. He has undertaken many consultancies, including: Cardiothoracic
Systems Inc, Cupertino CA (Consultant for Off pump coronary bypass surgery product line);
Guidant Corporation Inc , Minneapolis, Minn. (Consultant for Off pump coronary bypass
surgery product line and Medtronic Inc , Minneapolis, Minn. (Consultant for Off pump coronary
bypass surgery product line). Dr. Bergsland has 123 publications in peer reviewed journals and
more than 50 published abstracts and numerous international and domestic presentations.
Anthony Cabrelli, Development Director – New Markets, Bupa
Group
Following university, where he obtained a BA in Business Studies
with Comparative Economic Development, Mr. Cabrelli began his career
in 1985 as a management consultant. He worked for three years for
Management Horizons, a leading international strategic consultancy, and
then Verdict (now part of Data monitor).
He joined the Group Strategy Department of Axa PPP Healthcare in 1990, where he
became involved in new business developments, business process re-engineering, acquisitions
and international healthcare development. In 1994, he moved to Bupa to progress the Group’s
international development agenda. This role involved him in a wide range of projects covering
new business start-ups, acquisitions and joint ventures across Europe, the Middle East, Latin
America and Asia. Notably, he project-managed the start-up of Bupa Middle East (Bupa’s
specialist health insurance company in Saudi Arabia), and Bupa Ireland (Bupa’s previous
specialist health insurance business in Ireland).
In 1999, Mr. Cabrelli began working for Bupa International (Bupa’s expatriate medical
insurance business) where he focused on the development of strategic distribution alliances and
the management of new ventures. He was subsequently responsible for global distribution and
development and, when Bupa International acquired IHI Danmark in 2005, took global sales and
development responsibility for the enlarged business. Since January 2008, he has been
Development Director – New Markets for the Bupa Group where he has been accountable for
shaping the strategy for Bupa’s entry into new international markets. His exceptional work
during his career at Bupa was recognized in March 2008 when he received the Bupa Group’s
Chief Executive Award for his contribution to the Group’s international expansion.
Seema Chaturvedi, Managing Director, Accelerator Group LLC
Ms. Chaturvedi has over 17 years of capital markets and financial
management experience. As an entrepreneur, investment banker and an
investor, she brings forth a unique perspective to the strategic planning
process. She is founder and Managing Director of Accelerator Group,
LLC a strategic advisory services firm focused on providing high quality
investment banking advisory services in areas of business combinations, mergers and
acquisitions and raising growth capital. While catering to broader industry segments, the firm has
developed core expertise in the industry areas of healthcare, manufacturing (focus – automotive
& aerospace), food & agriculture. It also provides customized knowledge services in areas of
business intelligence and market research. Ms. Chaturvedi has served on the Boards of The
IndUS Entrepreneurs (TiE) Global, TiE Detroit, Marygrove College, International Business
Council within Automation Alley. Ms. Chaturvedi was named to Crain’s Detroit Business “40
under 40” list, Crain’s Detroit Business “Detroit’s Most Influential Business Women” list,
Detroit’s Enterprising Women list by the Detroit Historical Society. She has been recognized a
Woman of Distinction for her Outstanding Contribution to Business by the Asian Indian
Women’s Association in Michigan. Ms. Chaturvedi holds a Masters degree in Finance from
Boston College and an undergraduate degree with honors in Economics from Delhi University in
India.
Fernando Alberto Cirino, Senior Executive, Banco Santander
Mr. Cirino joined Banco Santander in August/2001, as part
of the team who structured and managed the new business unit
focused on relationships with Governments, as well as private
Healthcare and Education segments, following the same model which had been implemented
earlier by Santander in Spain and in other Latin American countries, such as: Mexico, Chile,
Venezuela, Puerto Rico and Colombia. Mr. Cirino currently manages a specialized team
covering the State of Sao Paulo – approximately 34% of Brazilian GDP – and is also engaged in
the integration process with recently acquired Banco Real, which has also enjoyed a major stake
in private healthcare and education. With a focused and specialized approach, Santander Brazil
has succeeded in securing a leading position in these business segments in the country.
Prior to Santander, Mr. Cirino worked for more than 16 years in Corporate Banking,
Structured Trade and Corporate Finance at Lloyds Bank and American Express Bank’s
subsidiaries in Brazil. Mr. Cirino has a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, with a post
graduate degree in Industrial Production and Economic Engineering, having attended extension
programs at The Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania, USA), Manchester Business
School (United Kingdom) and Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern University).
Guy Ellena, Director, Health and Education Department, IFC
Mr. Guy Ellena is the Director of the Health and Education
Department of the International Finance Corporation (IFC). He is in charge
of a growing portfolio of health and education investments of over $294
million in more than 30 emerging market countries. Mr. Ellena joined the
World Bank in 1986 and occupied successive operational positions as a Health Economist in
several regions where he carried out policy work for the World Bank. He joined IFC's Latin
America and Caribbean Department as its first Senior Health Specialist in 1998, as part of the
Department’s new Health Care Unit. Between April 2000 and November 2001, Mr. Ellena was
the Technical Manager for the Global Practice Group for Social Sectors (now the Health and
Education Department). Before joining the World Bank Group, Mr. Ellena was a researcher and
health economics/policy consultant for the French Government's development agencies. He
holds a Masters Degree in Economics as well as a PhD in Health Economics from the University
of Aix-Marseille.
Juan Enriquez, Managing Director, Excel Medical Ventures
Mr. Enriquez is the author of the global bestseller book, As
the Future Catches You and The United States of America. He is
CEO of Biotechnonomy, a Life Sciences Research and Investment
Firm where he is leading the research on the global effects of genomics. Juan provides thoughtful
and provocative insight to life sciences and its impact on politics, the economy and our everyday
lives. He argues the importance of companies whose futures lie with the intersecting fates of
science, technology and computing will do well to mind our knowledge gap, not get swallowed
up by it! Juan has been named a Fast 50 Winner for achieving milestone as a World Explorer.
These awards were created by Fast Company as part of their mission of keeping the world attune
to all the good that's created when passionate people with big ideas and strong convictions are
determined to make a difference. Juan's recent projects include joining a world discovery voyage
led by leading scientist Craig Venter, which led to the discovery of an unprecedented new
species and the mapping of the human genome.
Dr. Ahmed Ghali, Chairman, Critical Care Areas, Dar Al-Fouad
Hospital
Dr. Ghali graduated from Ain-Shams University School of
medicine in 1978. He showed early interest in critical care medicine and
cardiology. He was appointed as a resident at the cardiothoracic
intensive care at Ain-Shams University hospitals, Cairo EGYPT. Dr.
Ghali had his Master's and MD degrees in Cardiology from Ain-Shams
University. He had his postgraduate training in St.Luke's Episcopal hospital Houston Texas in
Cardiology Dept. He became an international member of St.Luke's Episcopal medical society.
He became director of the cardiothoracic Surgery ICU and non-invasive lab at Ain-
Shams University Cardiothoracic surgery Dept.
Dr. Ghali was assigned the director of SICU at Dar Al-Fouad Hospital, Giza Egypt. Dar
Al-Fouad Hospital is working in collaboration with Cleveland Clinic at USA which became a
JCI accredited facility. He became the Chairman of medical council (2003-2005) then Chairman
of Critical Care areas till now. Dr. Ghali is the moderator of Liver transplant program at Dar Al-
Fouad Hospital and Al-Sahel teaching hospital in Egypt.
Dr. Ghali has several international publications including areas of critical care scoring,
liver transplantation, and infective endocarditics. He is also a co-author in the Fundamentals of
Critical Care Support 4th ed. 2008, published by the society of Critical Care Medicine, USA. He
is an international FCCS course consultant at the SCCM.
Buddy Gumina, Partner and Head of US Healthcare, Apax
Partners
Buddy Gumina is a Partner and Head of US Healthcare at
Apax Partners. He focuses on investments in healthcare services,
products, pharma and healthcare IT. Some recent deals have included Trizetto, Inc.; Qualitest
Pharmaceuticals; Spectrum Laboratory Network; Encompass Home Health; Voyager
HospiceCare, Inc.; and MagnaCare Holdings, Inc.
Prior to joining Apax Partners, Buddy was a Partner at Saunders Karp & Megrue, where
he specialized in investments in healthcare and business services. Before joining Saunders Karp
& Megrue, Buddy was an Associate at DLJ Merchant Banking Partners where he focused on
healthcare services and business services. Prior to that, he was an Analyst in the High Yield
Group of Kidder, Peabody & Co. where he specialized in public and private debt financings and
recapitalizations.
Buddy received an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration
and a BA in Political Science from Yale University.
Nicolaus Henke, McKinsey and Company
At McKinsey, Nicolaus heads the Payor & Provider Healthcare
Practice in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa and chairs McKinsey’s work
with national Health Systems globally. Over the past decade, Nicolaus has
worked on more than 250 health care engagements in 17 health care systems
on a broad set of issues, including health care system design, creating and managing payors,
hospital strategy, and operations, as well as R&D and marketing of pharmaceuticals.
He frequently speaks on and publishes health care topics. Prior to his time at McKinsey,
Nicolaus worked in banking for 2 years. He holds a Master and Doctorate in Business
Economics from the University of Muenster, Germany, as well as a Master in Public
Administration from Harvard University, where he was a John J McCloy Scholar.
Fola Laoye, CEO, Hygeia
Mrs. Laoye holds a Bachelors Degree in Accounting from the
University of Lagos, Nigeria and a Masters of Business Administration
from Harvard Business School, Cambridge, USA. She is also an
Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. Fola has had fifteen years of business experience,
both locally and internationally, having trained with Ernst & Young, Lagos and Price
WaterHouse Coopers in London. She is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Hygeia Nigeria
Limited, promoters of Hygeia HMO, the foremost health maintenance organization in Nigeria
and the Lagoon Hospitals group. While with Hygeia, she has been responsible for the start up
and growth of the Hygeia HMO business and the Hygeia Community Health Plan as well as the
roll-out of two ultra-modern medical facilities in Lagos. She also lectures part-time at the Lagos
Business School (Pan-African University) in the area of Strategy and Business Policy.
Roberta Lipson, Chief Executive Officer, Chindex
Since Ms. Lipson co-founded Chindex in 1981, the company has
expanded from its core business of capital medical equipment sales and
marketing to healthcare delivery. Ms. Lipson has been the creative force
behind the Beijing United Family Hospital and the United Family
Hospitals concept. An active leader in the business community in Beijing for over 25 years, Ms.
Lipson currently serves on the Board of Governors of The American Chamber of Commerce in
China (Amcham) and is Co-Chair of the Amcham Healthcare Forum. She is an advisor to the
Medical Subgroup of the U.S. Department of Commerce-China JCCT Negotiations, is on the
Board of Directors of U.S.-China Business Council, and Chairs the Boards of the American
Education and Health Foundation and Kehilath Beijing. Ms. Lipson holds an MBA from
Columbia University.
Dr. Victor Lithakanyane, Executive Director, Netcare Limited
Dr Litlhakanyane worked as an intern and medical officer at
Pelonomi hospital from 1988 to 1990. He worked for a few months in the
private sector and in 1991 returned to the public service to specialise in
radiation oncology. With the advent of democracy he was appointed as
the Chief Director for health service in the Free State provincial government in 1995 .He was
promoted to the position of Superintendent General and head of the department of health in the
Free State from the 1st April 2001 to November 2004. He is presently an Executive Director for
Stakeholder Relations for the private healthcare group, Netcare Limited where he is responsible
for amongst others the Private Public Partnership portfolio.
Dr Litlhakanyane is registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa as a
medical practitioner and radiation oncology specialist. He is a member of the Health Professions
Council of South Africa and an Associate of The College of Radiation Oncologists. He received
the Oliver Tambo fellowship in health leadership in 1996. He obtained the degree MB, ChB
from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in 1988, Masters in Medicine (Radiotherapy) from the
University of the Free State in 1994, Masters in Business Administration in Health Care from the
University of the Free State in 2001. He also holds a certificate in health services management
from Clark Atlanta University in the USA and a postgraduate diploma in health management
from the University of Cape Town.
Sebastian Mallaby, Director, Maurice R. Greenberg Center for
Geoeconomic Studies
Sebastian Mallaby is director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center
for Geoeconomic Studies (CGS), deputy director of the David Rockefeller
Studies Program, and Paul A. Volcker senior fellow for international
economics at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). An experienced journalist and an
acclaimed author, Mr. Mallaby joined CFR from the Washington Post, where he served as a
columnist and editorial board member. In addition to his oversight of the CGS and his role in
managing the Studies Program, Mr. Mallaby is examining how the interplay of economics and
politics is shaping international relations, and is currently working on a book on hedge funds. In
2003, Mr. Mallaby went on leave from the Washington Post to become a senior fellow at CFR,
where he wrote a history of the World Bank under James Wolfensohn. Before joining the Post in
1999, Mr. Mallaby spent thirteen years with The Economist. While at The Economist, he worked
in London, where he wrote about international finance; in Africa, where he covered Nelson
Mandela’s release and the collapse of apartheid; and in Japan, where he covered the breakdown
of the country’s political and economic consensus. Between 1997 and 1999, Mr. Mallaby was
The Economist’s Washington bureau chief and wrote the magazine’s weekly Lexington column
on American politics and foreign policy. Mr. Mallaby has also contributed to numerous other
publications, including Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Prospect (UK), New York Times, The
New Republic, Slate, Policy Review, and National Interest. Mr. Mallaby was educated at
Oxford. He graduated in 1986 with a First Class degree in Modern History.
Alejandro Gil Luna, Chief Operating Officer, Centro Médico Puerta
de Hierro
Alejandro Gil Luna is an Industrial Engineer who graduated from
Tecnológico de Monterrey, and MBA at Thunderbird School of Global
Business. Mr. Gil Luna served as Director at Centro Médico Puerta de
Hierro for more than 5 years and is now Chief Operating Officer. Throughout this time Mr. Gil
Luna has participated intensively in the expansion plan of Puerta de Hierro group. Part of his
main activities are the development of new Hospital sites and the creation of the corporate
structure to achieve a sustainable growth.
Christine Goeschel, Director, Patient Safety and Quality Initiatives,
Johns Hopkins University
Ms. Goeschel is Director of Patient Safety and Quality Initiatives
for The Johns Hopkins University Quality and Safety Research Group
(QSRG), Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, a
clinical instructor in the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and adjunct faculty at the Bloomberg
School of Public Health. Chris, along with QSRG Director Dr. Peter Pronovost, facilitates
strategic development and implementation of efforts to improve health care on a global scale and
coordinates national and international collaborative improvement projects. As an executive with
over 20 years of acute care experience as a critical care R.N., Chief Nursing Officer, Chief
Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, Ms. Goeschel has a strong and successful track
record in strategic and program development, project management, and education/training for
health system leaders at all structural levels. In 2000, she created a non-profit division at the
Michigan Health & Hospital Association dedicated to Quality and Patient Safety Improvement,
served as its Executive Director and led the Keystone ICU project with Dr. Pronovost. Ms.
Goeschel has served on a variety of state and national nursing and leadership boards and was a
Health Resource Education Trust (HRET) 2003-04 Patient Safety Leadership Fellow. Chris is a
doctoral candidate in Health Systems Management at the Tulane School of Public Health and
Tropical Medicine where her research interests include characteristics of hospital boards and
their association with quality and safety performance.
Alexandre Oliveira, Senior Investment Officer, Health and Education
Department, IFC
Alexandre Oliveira is a Senior Investment Officer in International
Finance Corporation’s Health and Education Department. In this capacity,
he is responsible for the origination, evaluation, structuring and negotiation
of IFC’s investments in the education and healthcare sectors across different
regions. Also, he is responsible for managing these investments once they are in our portfolio.
His experience includes transactions in Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia.
Alexandre joined IFC’s Health and Education Department four and a half years ago.
Prior to that, he spent eight years in investment banking at J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank in
New York, focused on Mergers and Acquisitions and Debt Capital Markets. Alexandre holds an
MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management; a Civil Engineering Degree from
the University of São Paulo; and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Fundação
Getúlio Vargas, in Brazil.
Beverly Khnie Philip, M.D, Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard
Medical School. Founding Director, Day Surgery Unit, Brigham and
Women’s Hospital.
Dr. Philp is founder and Director of the Day Surgery Unit at the
Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA and Professor of
Anaesthesia at Harvard University. She received her undergraduate
degree from Queens College, City University of New York, New York, the MD degree from
Upstate Medical Center, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY, and completed the
anesthesia residency at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Boston,
MA. Dr. Philip is active in research in ambulatory anesthesia, particularly in the pharmacology
of new anesthetic agents.
Dr. Philip is a founding member and Past President of the Society for Ambulatory
Anesthesia (SAMBA), a national organization of over 2000 anesthesiologists which promotes
scientific progress in the subspecialty of ambulatory anesthesia. She has served as the Chair of
the Joint Commission (JC) Ambulatory Health Care Professional and Technical Advisory
Committee, and is on the Board of Directors and Standards Committee of the Accreditation
Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC); she also serves as a member of the CMS
(Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) Advisory Panel on Ambulatory Payment
Classification Groups.
Dr. K. Hari Prasad, CEO, Apollo Health City, Jubilee Hills,
Hyderabad, AP; India
Dr. Prasad graduated the search for specialization began and the pull
was towards the glamour specialties like orthopedics and cardiac surgery.
However not wanting to get restricted to one specialty and wanting to contribute over a larger
area, Anesthesiology became the specialty of choice.
Having specialized in anesthesiology, Dr. Hari Prasad worked in at the family hospital
for 4 years before embarking on a journey to contribute to the establishment of emergency
medicine as a specialty India. Dr. Hari Prasad joined the Apollo Group of Hospitals and
contributed to the launch of the first ever dedicated accident & emergency hospital in the country
at Hyderabad. In 2006 Dr. Hari Prasad was promoted as the Chief Executive Officer a position
he currently holds. Apart from the 8 facilities in Hyderabad he is also responsible for four other
hospitals outside Hyderabad. As the Chief Executive Officer he steered Apollo Hospitals,
Hyderabad to be the first hospital in the region to be accredited by Joint Commission
International, USA and the first hospital outside the United States of America to be certified for
excellence in management of acute stroke once again by Joint Commission International. Since
2006 Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad has been consistently voted as the best hospital in the region
and has evolved into a health city – Apollo Health City, the first operational health city in Asia.
Fernando Robledo, Chief Executive Officer, ColMédica, Colombia
Mr. Robledo graduated from Javeriana University as an Economist in 1982 and from
Inalde High Management in Bogota in 1982. He completed OISS International Social Securities
Organization Studies in social security models in 2005. In 2006, he completed High
Management for CEOs at Andes University in Bogota. He served as Financial Vice President at
the Colmena Insurance Company from 1989 to 1991 then as General Manager of the Colmena
pension fund from 1991 to 1992. He became President of the Colmena Insurance Company in
1992 and held this position until 1996. He then served as President of Colmena social security
companies, pension fund, workers compensation, health insurance and life insurance from 1996
to 1997. He became President of Colmena Health Insurance Company in June 1997. In 2008,
Colmedica Health Insurance Company becomes part of Banmedica Holding. He served as
President of Banmedica Colombia Holding (Colmedica Health Prepaid Company, Colmedica
EPS, Clinica Del Country) in 2008.
Anne Rooney, Vice President, Consulting Services, Joint
Commission International
Anne Rooney currently serves as Vice President, Consulting
Services, for Joint Commission Resources and Joint Commission
International. In this role, Ms. Rooney oversees the delivery of technical
assistance and educational services for US and international clients of Joint Commission
Resources and Joint Commission International, including individual health care organizations,
government agencies, and ministries of health. Ms. Rooney’s international experience includes
consulting, education, speaking engagements, and evaluation engagements in the US, Europe,
Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. She has worked on Joint Commission International projects
with a wide range of government and non-governmental agencies, including the US Peace Corps,
the US Department of State, the US-Saudi Arabian Joint Economic Commission through the US
Department of Treasury, the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the World
Bank, the National Center for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the Lombardia
regional health authority in Italy, and a number of ministries of health.
Chuck Siconolfi, Director of Healthcare Planning and Design,
HOK
As Director of Health Care Planning and Design for HOK,
Chuck Siconolfi has skillfully responded to the dramatic changes within
healthcare delivery. Recognizing that contemporary healthcare is
constantly evolving, he has researched healthcare delivery trends and
progression of modern design to accommodate the needs of the patients, families, staff and
communities. His research has demonstrated that better patient outcomes are achievable in fewer
square feet per patient episode when the full impacts of new protocols of care are recognized.
He uses this research as a platform for innovation, combining it with a unique vision of design
that communicates a larger social purpose. Chuck is LEED Certified, a registered architect,
member of the AIA Healthcare committee and a founding member of the ACHA (American
College of Healthcare Architects. In addition to being Director of Healthcare Planning and
Design for HOK, he serves on the HOK Board of Directors and the Executive committee of the
HOK NY Office. He is a frequent speaker, offering leadership medical planning; healthcare
delivery and health care design. In addition Chuck recently lead the HOK efforts for two
Hospital of the Future design competitions and also was invited by Kaiser Permanente to sit
Blue Ribbon Peer Review Panel for Kaiser’s template hospital design
CONFERENCE MODERATORS
Dr. Ioan Cleaton-Jones, Health Specialist, Health and Education
Department, IFC
Ioan advises on commercial aspects of IFC healthcare investments.
Before joining the IFC, he was a management consultant for more than 6
years, including 3 years with KPMG, which had one of the largest healthcare
consulting practices in the world at the time. During this period, he worked
on numerous consulting and investment projects in healthcare in Europe, Southern Africa and
North America. Prior to that, he practiced medicine for 5 years in South Africa and the United
Kingdom. He holds degrees in medicine and science from the University of the Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg, South Africa and an MBA from the University of Southampton, UK.
Gary L. Filerman, Professor, Health Systems Administration,
Georgetown University
Gary L. Filerman, Ph.D., is Professor of Health Systems
Administration at Georgetown University, where he led the formation of
the departments of international health and health systems
administration. His teaching and research interests are private sector development, quality of
care, global health standards and managerial competency development. For 28 years Dr.
Filerman led global efforts to develop health care administration as a profession. He has served
as a consultant in thirty-five countries in collaboration with IFC, the World Bank, PAHO,
USAID and several foundations. He is currently an adviser to Joint Commission International.
The Filerman Prize is the highest recognition for scholarship and leadership in health
administration education. His Ph.D. and Master's degrees in Health Services Administration and
Latin American Government are from the University of Minnesota.
Aida Kimemia Principal Investment Officer, Health and Education
Department, IFC
Ms Aida Kimemia is a Principal Investment Officer at IFC. She is
based in Nairobi. Kenya and focuses on implementing IFC's health and
education strategy in Sub-Saharan Africa. This includes providing
innovatively structured finance for health and education companies,
partnering with local financial institutions to provide debt facilities to health and education small
and medium enterprises and implementing advisory programs to improve the operating
environment for health care and education sector organizations. Prior to joining IFC in 1997, she
was a Relationship Manager at Citibank. She holds a postgraduate degree in financial
management from Johns Hopkins University, USA and a Bachelor's degree in mathematics and
economics from St. Lawrence University, USA.
Chris McCahan, Principal Investment Officer, Health and Education
Department, IFC
Chris McCahan is a Principal Investment Officer with the Health and
Education Department of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the
private sector arm of the World Bank Group. For the last 10 years with IFC Chris has appraised,
structured and led negotiations for complex and innovative transactions in many parts of the
world, including within the Asian healthcare sector. Prior to his investment work in private
health care, Chris led investments in other real sectors, primarily within the Latin America
region. Before joining IFC he held positions as an internal auditor and cost accountant in the
banking and telecommunications sectors, respectively. He holds an MBA from SMU's Cox
School of Business.
Emmett Moriarty, Principal Health Specialist, Health and Education
Department, IFC
Emmett Moriarty is the IFC’s Principal Health Sector Specialist. He
advises IFC’s management on the key commercial aspects of our
investments in the health sector worldwide – including business
development, investment appraisal and portfolio management. Occasionally
Emmett takes a seat on the boards of IFC investee companies. Emmett’s background is in
healthcare Program Management and Performance Improvement. He has worked with the boards
of major healthcare organizations in more than 30 countries.
Prior to joining IFC in 2004, Emmett worked for the healthcare consulting practices of
Deloitte and KPMG. Most recently he led the Performance Improvement practice of KPMG
Consulting, the UK’s largest healthcare consultancy. In this role he managed the turnaround of
healthcare organizations in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. These ranged from some
of the largest private and public hospitals in Europe to a struggling refugee hospital in the Middle
East. Emmett has also managed the implementation of major health sector reform programs in
Eastern Europe, Africa and the Caribbean.
Tim Ryan, Principal Investment Officer, Health and Education
Department, IFC
In August 2002, Mr. Ryan was appointed Senior Investment Officer
for the Health and Education Department based in Washington, DC. He has
broad experience in traditional and specialty financial products including
senior and subordinated term debt, risk sharing facilities, bank guarantees, credit guarantees,
commercial paper, convertible bonds and notes, income notes, options, and preferred and
common equity. Mr. Ryan is the department specialist in student lending and school finance
facilities.
In addition to his work at IFC, he has worked as a consultant with Booz, Allen, Hamilton
and in corporate finance with Levi Strauss & Co. He is a Certified Public Accountant and was an
Adjunct Professor of Finance at Georgetown University. Mr. Ryan received his Bachelor of
Business Administration in Accountancy and German at the University of Notre Dame and a
Master of Public Policy Degree in International Development Economics from the John F.
Kennedy School at Harvard University.
Elena Sterlin, Manager, Health and Education Department, IFC
Elena is a Manager in IFC's Health and Education Department,
where she manages a team responsible for the growth, evaluation and
structuring of IFC’s investments in the education and health care sectors.
She has been with IFC since 1996 and, prior to working on the health and
education sectors, she focused on investments in the manufacturing and infrastructure sectors in
Eastern Europe, Turkey and the former Soviet Union. Prior to joining IFC, Elena worked in the
Eastern European energy team at Salomon Brothers. Elena holds an MBA from the University of
Michigan and a Masters degree in Applied Mathematics from the Moscow State University.
