Ashish Koshy is the Chief Executive Officer of G42 Healthcare – a leading health-tech company on a mission to build a world-class healthcare sector in the UAE and beyond. Entrepreneurial and solutions-driven, Ashish Koshy is a business leader who specializes in converting difficult problems into strong business propositions.
A global leader in innovation and change, Ashish has extensive experience across the board industries – from banking to telecom and healthcare, driving Big Data and AI strategies across multiple large international corporations. Ashish was recognized by Forbes in 2022 as one of the top Healthcare Leaders in the Middle East, ranking 5th among Healthcare Leaders in the UAE.
As the CEO of G42 Healthcare, Ashish has envisioned a holistic ecosystem of AI-powered solutions for current and future challenges. He sees this being achieved through public-private-partnerships and collaboration with government bodies, pharmaceutical companies, tech entities and academic institutions in the UAE and beyond to develop solutions that futureproof the health of nations.
Under Ashish's leadership, G42 Healthcare developed the largest national biorepository as part of the company's therapeutic pillar, expanded its Research & Development plans covering genomics, imaging and diagnostics, and digitalization programs to support the health of future generations. As a result, the company has graduated from its start-up phase to becoming a recognised leader in the region's healthcare ecosystem, as evidenced by its many awards won for business excellence and innovation, including the prestigious Gulf Business Award for Healthcare Company of the Year 2021 and Fast Company Most Innovative Healthcare Company 2022 in the Middle East.
Ashish leads a multifaceted, growing organisation with disruptive next-generation solutions in diagnostics, digital health, therapeutics, and advanced Omics. He has been directing multi-stakeholder large-scale national programs, including the Emirati Genome Program and enthusiastically move into long-term implications of Omics for food security and agriculture, advancing research in genomics and proteomics, and promoting sustainable agriculture and forensics work.
Prior to joining G42, Ashish held roles as Deputy General Manager - Technology Development & Innovation at Reliance Jio and Technology Planning at Ooredoo. Ashish holds an MBA from Alliance Manchester Business School and also completed an MSc in Computer Networks from Middlesex University, UK.