Antonio Alvarez

Antonio (Tony) Alvarez has over 40 years of experience in life science, health technology, and specialty chemicals. He serves as an advisor to several health tech companies. Tony is currently chief commercial officer at Ascensus Specialties, a specialty chemical company serving life science and electronic end markets.

Previous to his current role, Tony led various regional and global businesses at Merck & Co., Inc. He served as president of MSD KK, Merck's second largest subsidiary, for 7 years, then became president of the $ 11B global primary care business. He was also responsible for the global commercial operations organization, charged with providing business insights to drive strategic choices for the pharmaceutical business He has extensive commercial experience in key developed and emerging markets globally.

Tony has a degree in pharmacy from St. John's College of Pharmacy.