Dr. Sylvia Vito

I am a seasoned business executive with a medical professional background and over 16 years of experience bringing extensive executive Leadership for various Multinational Pharmaceutical companies in Africa serving South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Djibouti, Namibia, Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria, French Speaking Africa, and Indian Ocean island cluster countries. I consider myself a transformational and versatile leader who effectively manages cross-cultural teams, oversees multiple workstreams, businesses and creates a holistic working environment. I have in-depth experience in driving AFRICA acceleration focus that looks beyond access to quality innovative biotechnologies of novel medicines on to positioning AFRICA as a manufacturing HUB and the next frontier for emerging markets. The access to innovative medicines and gaining full government reimbursement for cancer care, Inflammatory & Metabolic diseases, and vaccines to the public patients across many countries is a highlight in my career. I consider myself a highly self-driven leader with in-depth competence, high learning agility, passion to create impact, a strong proven track record of performance, total commitment to developing the people I serve, and deploy resources with solid governance & compliance processes for sustainable success.