Maria Forero

Maria brings over 25-years of experience in the healthcare sector, working alongside companies of all sizes and assisting them across an entire spectrum of functions, including: Strategic Planning, Financing, Business Development, Partnership Management, Sales and Marketing, and Capital Raising. Maria is originally a Human Geneticist by training, turned Accountant, Investment Banker, and Healthcare Executive. She has extensive international operational experience across different continents.

Prior to joining Accelmed she served for eight years as the Founding and Managing Partner of Ridgetop Health Fund, an early VC fund focused on Digital Health, Health Technologies.

Maria spent 10 years at Novartis in many senior roles. She is the former Head of Sales & Marketing for Sandoz Latin America and former CEO/GM of Spain & Portugal at Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics. Prior to this, Maria worked in investment banking as former Vice President of Healthcare at Morgan Stanley, London. She trained as a certified accountant and audit manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers, London. She holds an MPH from Columbia University, New York and a BSc in Human Genetics, from the University College London.