Lana Ghanem is Vice President of Corporate Development, M&A and Ventures at Hikma Pharmaceuticals and the Managing Director of Hikma Ventures (the corporate VC arm of Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC), which she helped establish in 2015.
She started her career at Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC in 2012 as the Assistant to the CEO and Director of Corporate Strategy & Development, where she worked on strategic projects across the company’s various functions including strategy, M&A, operations and finance.
Prior to joining Hikma, Ghanem worked as a Financial Analyst in the Mergers and Acquisitions department at Dresdner Kleinwort Investment Bank in London, where she worked on transactions for clients across multiple industries.
Ghanem co-founded the Innovation & Leadership Advisory Board (ILAB) at Hikma, which consists of young Hikma employees who share a dedication to advancing Hikma and ensuring it is at the frontier of innovation.
She is a board member of Siniora Food Industries PLC and Bank Al Etihad. She was previously an investment committee member of AB Ventures (the corporate VC arm of Arab Bank PLC).
Ghanem holds an MBA from Harvard Business School (HBS) and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill University.