37. Pelin Incesu

Company: AstraZeneca
Designation: Area Vice President—Middle East & Africa
Nationality: Turkish
Global Headquarters: U.K.
Sector: Pharmaceuticals

Incesu assumed her current role in 2020 and leads a team of 2,200 people. AstraZeneca launched Cancer Care Africa at COP27 in 2022 to co-create solutions for cancer. In March 2022, the company launched its AZ Forest Ghana initiative in partnership with local collaborators, which resulted in the planting of over four million trees. In 2022, AstraZeneca MEA recorded over $1 billion in sales and completed 53 launches of different medicines in the region.