Omar Akl

Omar Akl has a diverse and extensive work experience in various companies. Starting from 2023, they worked at Knight Therapeutics as the Global Director, Pipeline Products Commercialization and Global Brand Leader, focusing on commercial, marketing, and market access strategies in Latin America and Canada. Omar has expertise in specialties, biosimilars, and BGx products, with a focus on therapeutic areas like oncology, hematology, infectious diseases, neurology, CNS, and immunology.

Prior to that, in 2022, Akl worked at Invitae as the Latin America Biopharma Partnerships Head and Business Development, responsible for creating flexible and agile solutions to regional needs in the genomic management space, including genetic diagnostic programs, data platforms, and artificial intelligence software.

From 2019 to 2021, Akl served as the Business Unit Executive Director at Novartis, leading the commercial, marketing, and market access efforts for gene therapy and rare diseases. Before that, they held positions at BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Teva Pharmaceuticals, Telefónica S.A., Cypress, and Itaú Unibanco, where they developed expertise in areas such as gene therapy, rare diseases, oncology, hospital specialties, and financial planning.

Throughout their career, Akl has demonstrated a strong focus on strategic planning, business development, and commercial leadership.

Omar Akl holds a Master's degree in Health/Health Care Administration/Management from FGV - Fundação Getulio Vargas, which they obtained from 2021 to 2023. Omar also holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, with a minor in Finance, from ESPM Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing, which they completed from 2001 to 2005. Additionally, they pursued a Specialization Course in Finance, Derivatives from Instituto Educacional BM&F Bovespa in 2003. Omar furthered their education with a Specialization Course in Cytogenomics from USP - Universidade de São Paulo from 2017 to 2018. Omar has also completed a Postgraduate Course in Personal Leadership and Success from Emeritus in 2019 and an Immersion Course in Digital and Agile from Digital House Brasil in the same year.