10 AstraZeneca AI and data science leaders

Experience: Senior Director, Head of AI Global BioPharma Transform Care · AstraZeneca

Senior Director, Head of AI Global BioPharma Transform Care at AstraZeneca since 2026, and Global Director of Digital Precision Healthcare at AstraZeneca since 2023. Anouk was also Global Lead Digital Health Strategy (2016–2023) and Global Lead Patient Support Strategy (2014–2015) at AstraZeneca, and the profile places Anouk in the Netherlands.

Experience: Director of Artificial Intelligence · AstraZeneca

Director of Artificial Intelligence at AstraZeneca since 2026, a role the profile tags at director level in research, and former Associate Director, Artificial Intelligence there (2025–2026). Christos was also a Researcher at AstraZeneca (2018–2024) and AI Research Scientist at KTH Royal Institute of Technology (2024–2025), and the profile places Christos in Stockholm.

Experience: Senior Director, Head of AI for Clinical Development, Oncology · AstraZeneca

Senior Director, Head of AI for Clinical Development, Oncology at AstraZeneca since 2026, a role the profile describes as group lead for clinical development work in the oncology portfolio. At AstraZeneca, Gerald was also Director, Multimodal AI Research (2025–2026), Associate Director, Applied Data Science (2022–2025) and Senior Data Scientist (2018–2022).

Experience: Executive Director, AI Enterprise Process & Innovation · AstraZeneca

Executive Director, AI Enterprise Process & Innovation at AstraZeneca since 2026, a role the profile describes as leading AI transformation across the enterprise in Europe, the USA and Asia. At AstraZeneca, Hebe was also Senior Director, AI Strategy & Innovation (2024–2026), Director, AI Product & Strategy (2022–2024) and Associate Director, AI Product (2022).

Experience: Senior Director, Head of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Early CVRM · AstraZeneca

Senior Director, Head of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Early CVRM at AstraZeneca since 2020, a role the profile describes as creating and delivering a data science and AI strategy for Early CVRM and building an international team. Ian was also Head of Bioinformatics and Scientific Data Services at Scionics Computer Innovation GmbH (2010–2020).

Experience: Senior Director – AI Partnerships and Data Governance · AstraZeneca

Senior Director – AI Partnerships and Data Governance at AstraZeneca since 2026 and former Senior Director - Machine Learning & AI there (2022–2026); the profile says James led the internal ML/AI delivery team and now leads the AI partnerships agenda. James was also Principal Scientist at AstraZeneca (2019–2021) and at MedImmune (2017–2019).

Experience: Senior Director, Head of AI Precision Oncology · AstraZeneca

Senior Director, Head of AI Precision Oncology at AstraZeneca since 2026, a role the profile tags at director level in research. Kausar was also Director, Generative AI Medical Engagement Lead (2024–2026) and Director, Group Lead (2023–2024) at Pfizer, and Senior Science Advisor at the FDA (2021–2023).

Experience: Executive Director, Group Head of AI Services and Platforms · AstraZeneca

Executive Director, Group Head of AI Services and Platforms at AstraZeneca since 2024; the profile says Marta leads a multicultural team of AI engineers across the UK, USA, Spain, Mexico and India. Marta was also Senior Director, Head of Data Science & Data Engineering (2021–2024) and Director, Head of Big Data Analytics Delivery (2016–2021) at Zurich Insurance.

Experience: Senior Director - Head of CP Computer Vision & AI · AstraZeneca

Senior Director - Head of CP Computer Vision & AI at AstraZeneca since 2025, and in the profile headline head of computer vision and AI in AstraZeneca Computational Pathology. Nicolas was also Director - Head of CP Computer Vision & AI (2024–2025) and Director - Team lead, Imaging AI (2022–2024) at AstraZeneca, and Principal Software Engineer / Team lead at Brainlab (2020–2022).

Experience: Executive Director, Head of the Centre for Artificial Intelligence · AstraZeneca

Executive Director, Head of the Centre for Artificial Intelligence at AstraZeneca since 2023, a role the profile describes as building AI systems for AI-powered science. Tom was also Applied Science Manager: Machine Learning at Amazon (2017–2023) and Machine Learning Researcher at Microsoft (2013–2014), and the profile places Tom in Cambridge, England.