THE MIDDLE EAST’S
Top Healthcare Leaders 2025
• The Executives •
The Middle East healthcare industry continues to advance in its new era of transformation and integration, driven by digital health, local manufacturing, cross-border collaborations and the rapid rise of AI and robotics. According to Deloitte, the region’s medical robotics sector is expected to expand from $626 million in 2024 to more than $811 million by 2028.
From Abu Dhabi’s PureHealth’s global expansion to Riyadh’s SPIMACO launching Saudi Arabia’s first high-potent pharmaceutical manufacturing facility, regional players are scaling up. Pharmaceutical and technology leaders deepened partnerships with governments, advancing national visions and localization goals.
This year’s Forbes Middle East Healthcare Leaders highlights changemakers, executives, founders, and shareholders redefining the region’s healthcare ecosystem for the decade ahead. The 2025 edition highlights 50 healthcare leaders who are founders and shareholders, together with 100 top executives and CEOs steering the region’s largest and most influential healthcare companies.
Among the 100 Executives, Nasser Al Huqbani, CEO of Saudi Arabia’s Health Holding Company (HHC), and Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Suwaidi, Managing Director of Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) lead the ranking.
1. Nasser Al Huqbani
Health Holding Company (HHC)
2. Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Suwaidi
Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC)
3. Saeed Jaber Al Kuwaiti
SEHA
4. Majid Al Fayyadh
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (KFSHRC)
5. Dimitris Moulavasilis
M42
6. John Sunil
Burjeel Holdings
7. Sherif Beshara
American Hospital Dubai
8. David Hadley
NMC Healthcare
9. Khaled Ateeq Aldhaheri
The National Insurance Company – Daman
10. Yasser Joharji
Nahdi Medical Company
11. Hein Van Eck
Mediclinic Middle East
12. Joseph Hazel
Apex Health
13. Isabel Afonso
Arcera Life Sciences
14. Dimitri Livadas
Saudi Chemical Company Holding
15. Naser Al Yammahi
Hayat Biotech
16. Sherbaz Bichu
Aster Hospitals & Clinics
17. Ahmed Bin Hamdan Aljedai
SPIMACO
18. Ahmad bin Saleh Babaeer
Dallah Healthcare Company
19. Awad Abdullah Al-Omari
Al Mana Medical Group
20. Elie Chaillot
GE HealthCare
21. Ahmed Shebl
Saudi German Health (SGH)
22. Pelin Incesu
AstraZeneca
23. Yendry Ventura
Abu Dhabi Stem Cells Center (ADSCC)
24. Roberta Marinelli
Eli Lilly and Company
25. Mohammad Mustafa Saeed
Rafed Healthcare Supplies
26. Basel Ziyadeh
Gulf Pharmaceutical Industries – Julphar
27. Georges Pascal Haber
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
28. Saleh A. Altamimi
Riyadh First Health Cluster (RFHC)
29. Tarek Youssef Hosni
Jamjoom Pharma
30. Abdulaziz Al Ghamdi
Eastern Health Cluster (EHC)
31. Raed Al-Naeem
Ayyan Investment
32. Ismail Shehada
Tabuk Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing Company
33. Iyabo Tinubu-Karch
Sidra Medicine
34. Arindam Haldar
PureLab
35. Hatim Al Omari
Makkah Health Cluster
36. László Svinger
Solventum
37. Abdulrahman Al-Harbi
Madinah Health Cluster
38. Asgar Rangoonwala
Johnson & Johnson
39. John Ireland
Amanat Holdings
40. Musa Mohammed Alharbi
Qassim Health Cluster
41. Sara Masmoudi
Kilani Group
42. Ayman Mokhtar
Viatris
43. Alice Yammine Boueiz
Arab Hospitals Federation (AHF)
44. Fatih Mehmet Gul
The View Hospital
45. Rohil Raghavan
Response Plus Holding (RPM)
46. Majid Kaddoumi
Medtronic
47. Bassam Chahine
SMC Healthcare
48. Olfat Sami Berro
Roche
49. Christian Schuhmacher
Emirates Hospitals Group
50. Laila Abdel Wareth
Diagnostic Cluster—M42
51. Vincenzo Ventricelli
Philips Middle East, Türkiye & Africa
52. Haidar Al Yousuf
iO Health
53. Abdulaziz Saleh Alobaid
Care Medical
54. Faleh Naser Alshahrani
Jazan Health Cluster
55. Ashraf Mallak
Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD)
56. Khalid Mohammed AlMulla
AlAhsa Health Cluster
57. Kareem Shahin
M42’s Abu Dhabi Health Data Services (ADHDS)
58. Faisal Al-Attawi
Scientific & Medical Equipment House Company
59. Mohamed Ezz Eldin
Novartis
60. Abdullah Bashir
Jordan Hospital (JH)
61. Ahmed Shandal AlEnizi
Riyadh Third Health Cluster
62. Javaid I. Sheikh
Weill Cornell Medicine—Qatar (WCM-Q)
63. Amro Al-Hibshi
Jeddah First Health Cluster
64. Mohaymen Abdelghany
Fakeeh Health—U.A.E.; Fakeeh University Hospital
65. Shanila Laiju
Medcare Hospitals & Medical Centres
66. Ghassan Mamlouk
Advanced Technology Company (ATC)
67. Ahmed Ezzeldin
Cleopatra Hospitals Group (CHG)
68. Raza Siddiqui
Arabian Healthcare Group; RAK Hospital
69. Ahmed Kelani
Egyptian International Pharmaceutical Industries Company (EIPICO)
70. Preeti Futnani
Sanofi
71. Akram Sami Dhaini
Oracle Health
72. Kimberley Pierce
King’s College Hospital London, Dubai
73. Vivek Kanade
Siemens Healthineers
74. Boyd Chongphaisal
GSK
75. Osama Braiwish
Bristol Myers Squibb
76. Hamoud Fahad Alshammari
Aljouf Health Cluster
77. Khaled Harb
Dar Al Dawa Development & Investment Company
78. Howard S. Podolsky
Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare (JHAH)
79. Marcelo Pereira
Oman International Hospital (OIH)
80. Khalid Al-Emadi
Medicare Group (MCGS)
81. Hernán Porcile
Takeda
82. Mohamed Nasser
Amgen
83. Maher Abouzeid
Medserve Medical Investment
84. Maha Jubara
Gulf Healthcare International (GHI)
85. Ahmed Abo Al Fadl
Merck Serono Middle East
86. Alexander Jankuloski
Kuwait Hospital
87. Farah Hamdan
Zimmer Biomet
88. Amr Morsy
Rameda
89. Wisam Haddadin
Abbott
90. Fatma Almulla
Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO)
91. Khalid Ali Al Mawlawi
Aspetar
92. Rola Hammoud
Aman Hospital Doha
93. Olfa Gam
Cytopharma
94. Ronald Boueri
Olympus MEA
95. Heba AlMattar
Amad Hospital
96. Adnan Alabdulkareem
Kingdom Hospital & Consulting Clinics
97. Ahmad Nasrallah
Dar Al Shifa Hospital (DASH)
98. Fadi Aoun
Dar Afia Hospital
99. Joe Naoum
Stryker
100. Mohd Kenanah
Emitac Healthcare Solutions
