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Axmed

Leadership

Over a century of combined experience, pointed at one problem

The team spans public and private healthcare: finance, pharmaceuticals, technology, law, supply chain, regulation and public policy. What unites Axmates is one job, changing how medicines and health products are bought in growth markets.

The leadership has worked across the pharmaceutical industry, global health institutions and frontier-market operations, with decades of experience in more than 50 low- and middle-income countries and across the full pharmaceutical value chain.

Leadership team

  • Emmanuel Akpakwu, CEO and Founder
    Emmanuel Akpakwu
    CEO and Founder
  • Sofia Radley-Searle, COO and Co-Founder
    Sofia Radley-Searle
    COO and Co-Founder
  • Felix Ohnmacht, PhD, CCO and Co-Founder
    Felix Ohnmacht, PhD
    CCO and Co-Founder
  • Mattia Albergante, CTO
    Mattia Albergante
    CTO
  • Gladys Wojda, CFO
    Gladys Wojda
    CFO
  • Alex Bes, General Counsel
    Alex Bes
    General Counsel
  • Byeronie Epstein, Head, Corporate Strategy
    Byeronie Epstein
    Head, Corporate Strategy
  • Claire Ball, Director, People Wellbeing and Success
    Claire Ball
    Director, People Wellbeing and Success
  • Liz van Erp, PhD, Partner, Global Health Advisory
    Liz van Erp, PhD
    Partner, Global Health Advisory

Global Health Advisory

The advisory practice

The practice that advises pharmaceutical companies, procurers and development partners on reaching patients in new markets.

  • Emmanuel Akpakwu, General Partner
    Emmanuel Akpakwu
    General Partner
  • Felix Ohnmacht, PhD, Senior Partner
    Felix Ohnmacht, PhD
    Senior Partner
  • Liz van Erp, PhD, Partner, Global Health Advisory
    Liz van Erp, PhD
    Partner, Global Health Advisory

Become an Axmate

We hire people who want to build the market that gets healthcare to patients, in Basel, Nairobi and remotely.