THE MIDDLE EAST’S

Top 100 Healthcare
Leaders 2023

1. Shaista Asif

PureHealth Group

2. Said Darwazah

Hikma Pharmaceuticals

3. Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari

Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC)

4. Sulaiman Al Habib

Dr.Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Services Group (HMG)

5. Nasser Sultan Al-Subaie

Mouwasat Medical Services Company

6. Hasan Jasem Al Nowais

Mubadala Health

7. Ayman Tamer

Tamer Group

8. Makarem Sobhi Batterjee

Saudi German Health (SGH)

9. Majid Al Fayyadh

King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSH&RC)

10. Shamsheer Vayalil

Burjeel Holdings

11. Sherine Hassan Helmy

Pharco Pharmaceuticals

12. Ashish Koshy

G42 Healthcare

13. Sherif Beshara

American Hospital Dubai

14. Yasser Bin Gholam Joharji

Nahdi Medical Company

15. Mohamed Amin

Elaj Group

16. Thumbay Moideen

Thumbay Group

17. Pelin Incesu

AstraZeneca

18. Ismail Shehada

Saudi Chemical Company Holding

19. Patrick van der Loo

Pfizer

20. David Hadley

NMC Healthcare Group

21. Ahmed bin Saleh Babaeer

Dallah Healthcare Company

22. Mohsen Mahgoub

Ibnsina Pharma

23. Majid Bin Faisal Al Qassimi

Gulf Medical Projects Company

24. Zaid S. Al Khayyat

Al Khayyat Investments (AKI)

25. Amin Magrabi

Magrabi Hospitals & Centers

26. Mohammed AlFarraj

Al-Dawaa Medical Services Company (DMSCO)

27. Abdelouahed Kerrar

BioPharm

28. Majid Kaddoumi

Medtronic

29. Lamia Tazi

Sothema

30. Khaled Alkhattaf

Saudi Pharmaceutical Industries & Medical Appliances Corporation (SPIMACO Addwaeih)

31. Gizem Akalin

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

32. Mohammed Al-Hammadi

Al Hammadi Holding Company

33. Tarek Youssef Hosni

Jamjoom Pharma

34. Fatih Mehmet Gul

Fakeeh Care Group; Fakeeh University Hospital

35. Lennaert Rijken

AbbVie

36. Basel Ziyadeh

Julphar – Gulf Pharmaceutical Industries

37. Irina Zaporozhet

Eli Lilly and Company

38. Hend El Sherbini

Integrated Diagnostics Holdings (IDH)

39. Mohammad Al Hagbani

Tabuk Pharmaceuticals

40. Jean-Paul Scheuer

Sanofi

41. Walid Fitaihi

International Medical Center (IMC)

42. Abdul Nazar

Life Healthcare Group

43. Khalid Al Emadi

Medicare Group (MCGS)

44. Ahmad Nasrallah

Dar Al Shifa Hospital (DASH)

45. Ayman Mokhtar

Viatris

46. Mohamad Hamade

Amanat Holdings

47. Ole Per Maloy

Siemens Healthineers

48. Olfat Sami Berro

Roche

49. Ayman Cheikh-Lahlou

Cooper Pharma

50. Ahmed Kelani

Egyptian International Pharmaceutical Industries Company (EIPICO)

51. Mana Bin Mansour Almana

Almana Group of Hospitals

52. Ahmed Ezzeldin

Cleopatra Hospitals Group

53. Georg Schroeckenfuchs

Novartis Pharma Services

54. Ehab Zawaideh

GE HealthCare

55. Abdulaziz Saleh Alobaid

National Medical Care Company (Care)

56. Abdalla Bashir

Jordan Hospital

57. Ashraf Mallak

Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD)

58. Iyabo Tinubu-Karch

Sidra Medicine

59. Riad Armanious

Eva Pharma

60. Raed bin Mohammed Al-Naeem

Ayyan Investment

61. Fahad Khater

Alameda Healthcare Group

62. Fawzi Al-Hammouri

The Specialty Hospital

63. Farah Hamdan

Zimmer Biomet

64. Sara Masmoudi

Laboratoires ADWYA

65. László Svinger

3M Health Care

66. Mohammed Miandad VP

Naseem Healthcare

67. Raza Siddiqui

Arabian Healthcare Group (RAK Hospital)

68. Walid Kayyali

Riyadh Pharma

69. Zanubia Shams

Zulekha Healthcare Group

70. Akram Sami Dhaini

Oracle Cerner

71. Mohammad Yousef AlZelzelah

Al-Maidan Clinic for Oral Health Services Company KSCP (Al Maidan Clinic)

72. Akram Bouchenaki

Abdul Latif Jameel Health

73. Abdullah Al Keraidis

Al Meswak Dental Clinics

74. Michael Fakih

Emirates Hospitals Group

75. Hazem Darweesh Zagzoug

Andalusia Group for Medical Services

76. Michael Walsh

Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare

77. Mohamed Mazen Batterjee

Batterjee Pharma

78. Barakat Bin Saud Mohammed AL-Arifi

Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co. (SMEH)

79. Ghassan Mamlouk

Advanced Technology Company (ATC)

80. Jamil Ahmed

PRIME Healthcare Group

81. Faruk Mustafa Rasool

Faruk Medical City

82. Kimberley Ann Pierce

King’s College Hospital London- Dubai

83. Vincenzo Ventricelli

Philips Healthcare

84. Husnia Gargash

Gargash Hospital

85. Driss Chaoui

AFRIC-PHAR

86. Naser Al Yammahi

Hayat Biotech

87. Ronald Boueri

Olympus MEA FZ

88. Ali Hashemi & Ihsan Almarzooqi

GluCare.Health

89. Ahmed Hussein

Hayat Health

90. Madhukar Tanna

Pharmax Pharmaceuticals

91. Joseph Saba

Axios International

92. Mohamed Roushdy

Amoun Pharmaceutical Company

93. Pradeep K Handa

Royale Hayat Hospital

94. Olfa Gam

Cytopharma

95. Maha Jubara

Gulf Healthcare International

96. Alexander Jankuloski

Kuwait Hospital

97. Sukhdeep Sachdev

Leader Healthcare

98. Majd Abu Zant

Global Fertility Network; OvaSave Health Technologies

99. Fatoum Akacem

Saidal Group

100. Nadia Cheaib

ClinGroup Holding

Methodology

To create the ranking, we considered the following:
• The size of the company the leader is heading, including revenues, assets, facilities, etc.
• The impact that the leader has had on the region’s healthcare sector.
• Innovative initiatives and achievements in the past year.
• Experience of the leader in the sector and current designation and role within the company.
• Diversity of operations.
• Ownership of assets.