Ashish Pal

Ashish has a strong track record for inspiring sustainable organizational transformation(s), innovation, digital acceleration and developing talent across geographies.

Driven by purpose, Ashish started his career with Pfizer in India and after his MBA, continued at Alcon in the United States, where he held commercial leadership roles of increasing responsibility to include U.S. and Global leadership positions for both pharmaceutical and surgical device franchises.

He then joined Merck in the United States as Senior Director, Global Women’s health care Marketing before moving onto becoming Senior Director, Portfolio Marketing for the Emerging Markets.

His continuing career at MSD inspired him to relocate to Mumbai, India as General Manager to establish and operationalize a pan Emerging Markets joint venture. He then moved to Jakarta, Indonesia as Managing Director for MSD in Indonesia, before his current role as Cluster Managing Director for MSD Singapore, Malaysia & Brunei.

Ashish also plays an active policy leadership role. He serves as President for the Singapore Association of Pharmaceutical Industries (SAPI) and Vice President for the Pharmaceutical Association of Malaysia (PHAMA), the industry associations for innovative biopharmaceutical companies. In these roles, Ashish works in close partnership with both association board(s) alongside local, regional and global stakeholders towards preserving and enhancing access to innovative medicines and vaccines.

A relentless champion for diversity and inclusion, Ashish enjoys mentoring colleagues to redefine their comfort zone. He is energized about constantly learning and re-skilling across the enterprise and at a personal level.

Ashish was a part of the Future Leaders Program at MSD, in conjunction with Harvard Business School. Ashish has an MBA in Marketing and International Business from the University of Illinois, Chicago and a Bachelors in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Mumbai, India.