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Mr Walid Hallassou

Vice President, Healthcare MENA
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Huma Therapeutics
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Saudi Arabia

Walid is Vice President for Healthcare for Huma Therapeutics, a global digital health company that advances digital-first care delivery and research to help people live longer, fuller lives. Huma’s award-winning modular platforms are used by more than 3,000 hospitals and clinics, with 1.8 million active users. 

 

Huma works partners with Tamer and MediClinic Middle East, along with governments, healthcare systems, academic institutions and life science companies including AstraZeneca, Bayer, Microsoft, the NHS, Stanford University School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University and the University of Cambridge.

 

Walid joined Huma having been CEO of GlobeMed Lebanon, where he shifted the company from a payer of care to a manager of care, exponentially growing the business. He also co-founded and ran Waltzing Elephant, a company developing an electronic platform of multidisciplinary services to patients, medical and wellness service providers, insurers and medical device distributors in the Middle East and North Africa.

 

With degrees in Biology and Pharmacy, followed by an Executive MBA, Walid has always been heavily involved in healthcare. His key areas of expertise are: Private Medical, self-insurance and social health insurance; Third party administration; Prescription benefits management; Pharmacy management solutions; Mobile health; Wellness; Disease management.

 

Walid is a Member of the Executive Committee of the Lebanese Healthcare Management Association (LHMA), Member of the Lebanese Business Leaders Association (RDCL) and Founding member of the Cercle des Dirigeants of ESA Business School.