Linh Kha

My Linh Kha is the Senior Vice President & General Manager, Japan Asia-Pacific (JAPAC).

Kha has had more than 20 years of broad international experience in both emerging and mature markets in the biopharmaceutical industry. Kha’s expertise includes business start-ups, turn around and transformations. She has deep knowledge of brand and organization strategy, healthcare regulatory policy and product pricing. She has a track record of delivering performances beating market expectations.

Prior to returning to Amgen Australia, Kha spent more than two years as Executive Director Marketing for Amgen’s Intercontinental Region (Latin America, Canada, Türkiye, Middle East & Africa), responsible for the marketing in General Medicine therapeutic area.

Kha began her career with Amgen in early 2011 when she joined Amgen Australia as the Business Unit Director for General Medicine, with responsibility for the Bone, Nephrology and Cardiology therapeutic areas.

Before joining Amgen, Kha spent more than a decade at Merck (MSD) taking various leadership roles of increasing responsibility, including Marketing Lead (New Zealand), Managing Director (Vietnam), and Head of Commercial Operations (Korea).

Kha’s career started in the building and construction industry where she worked in business development and management consulting.

In 2020 Kha was awarded a Shanghai Daily Women in Leadership award. She is a former member of the Australian Department of Industry, Innovation and Science Women’s Advisory Roundtable.

Kha holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a Bachelor of Law degree from University of Canterbury, New Zealand.