Lana Ghanem, Board Member

Lana Ghanem is the Managing Director of Hikma Ventures (the corporate VC arm of Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC) which she helped establish in 2015. She is also the VP of Digital Health & Life Sciences Investments at Hikma Pharmaceuticals. Lana 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, Lana 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. Lana 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 Bank Al Etihad, the Arab Palestinian Investment Company (APIC), and Siniora Food Industries PLC. She was previously an investment committee member of AB Ventures (the corporate VC arm of Arab Bank PLC).

Lana holds an MBA from Harvard Business School (HBS) and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill University.