David Kwasha

David’s career has been one of broad experience in hospital and primary health care, commencing with Intensive Care and Critical Care nursing in his youth until 26 years of age. The past 22 years have been marked by a unique and very successful management career in the pharmaceutical industry with medical, marketing, commercial and senior leadership depth in the pharmaceuticals and biotechnology industries. His background qualifications are in Nursing Science with post graduate diploma qualifications in marketing and business management.

Prior to joining Alexion in July 2008, to lead the introduction of unique biological products for rare life threatening disease in Asia Pacific, David was Vice President, Asia Pacific and Australian Managing Director of the Swiss biopharmaceutical company, Actelion from 2001 - 2008. From 1989 – 2001 David worked in a variety of medical and marketing management roles in Australia and Switzerland, with regional and global responsibilities, for Roche.