Ana Cespedes

Dr. Ana Céspedes is Chief Operating Officer of IAVI, a global organization dedicated to developing accessible vaccines and antibodies for infectious diseases. Since September 2018, she oversees Finance & Administration, Legal & Compliance, Business Development, HR, Operational Excellence, Global Access, External Affairs, Communications, and Regional Operations.

Over the past 22 years, Ana has held numerous positions of increasing responsibility in health consulting, biotechnology, pharma, and global health, within EMD Serono (Boston, USA), Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany), Serono Iberia (Spain, Portugal), and Arthur Andersen. Among them, Céspedes was Global Head of Market Access and Pricing for Merck KGaA (Darmstad, Germany) and Head of Corporate Affairs for Merck. S.L. (Spain), and for Serono Iberia. Ana is co-founder of the Think Tank Spanish Women Leaders in Life Sciences (SWL), Board Member (Healthcare Chapter) of the IESE Business School, Faculty member of EADA Business School, and member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the ProPatients Institute. She holds a PhD in Pharmacy, a Master’s in General Management (PDG) from the IESE Business School and an Executive Certification in Strategy & Innovation from MIT.