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Haris Shahid

Commercialisation - Sidra Medicine Women & Children's Hospital, Doha, Qatar.

About Candidate

Strategic leader with over 20 years of cross-industry experience and diverse expertise including Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary healthcare, Life Sciences, ESG/Sustainable finance, SME consultancy, and corporate business building.

Pharmacy experience:

Superintendent Senior Pharmacist – Strategy and Clinical Risk Assessment, Martdeck Ltd, London, UK, Feb 2017- Mar 2019. Martdeck is a medium sized SME. Leader in Pharmacy services in South London.
• Developed new primary and secondary networks focused on context analysis and evidence based to improve human capital efficiencies and well-being, reputation, and reducing associated costs by 75%.
• Delivered Vaccine campaign services through stakeholder engagements with PCNs and Pharma suppliers utilizing targeted media channels increasing total service revenues by 33% year on year.

Business Operations Pharmacist, SHAN Ltd, London, UK, Jan 2015- Jan 2017.
Shan Ltd is a medium-sized SME, leading in pharmacy operations/services in Southwest London area.
• Innovated a bespoke procurement operation model through market analysis and re-negotiation of supplier contracts resulting in cost optimization of 7.5%.
• Launched Divestment strategy reallocating capital to core business with NHS items increase of 15%.
Pharmacy Business Area Manager, Walgreen Boots Alliance (WBA), London, UK, Apr 2012-Dec 2014.
• Oversaw Merger of Hub & Spoke business units transferring retail and pharmacy operations to a flagship store premises in line with corporate strategy resulting in efficiency savings of £0.25M.
• Implemented a tailored Omni-channel strategy resulting in the business achieving No1 for Boots in the region with a record Boots.com online sales increase of +214% and overall annual sales in Q3 period by 14%.

BD Area Pharmacy Director (multi-location), WBA, London, UK, Jul 2005-Aug 2008
• Implemented a consolidation plan for a budget of over £4.5M which had overspent by 11% from the 2005-2006 year utilizing a shared asset approach saving a further 8% by year end with a budget surplus of 2%.
• Surpassed Christmas sales target by reviewing and implementing best practices into a coordinated sales plan for 2007 resulting in a yearly increase of 10% including a 25% increase during Christmas trading week.

Deputy GM – WBA, Flagship Retail Park, Bluewater, Kent, UK, Sept 2003- June 2005,
• Pioneered a Prescription service collaboration business model with surgeries- presented at Head Office.
• Launched and marketed a Pilot Walk-in Diabetes testing service with local community network.

Pharmacy Manager Epsom and Lakeside, UK, Aug 2001-Aug 2003,
• Accountable for pharmacy operations, service quality audits, standards, healthcare sales business building.
• Developed Surgery partnerships with local Nurses, Clinicians, and mentored trainees through accreditations.
• Implemented Patient Safety protocols between pharmacy and local clinician’s practices.

Years of Experience
20 Years of Experience in Community Pharmacy.

Education

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ESG Investing Analyst 2021
CFA london

Analysed global responsible investment and Macroeconomic strategies adopted considering environmental, social and governance factors and their material impacts across all asset classes at country, Industry, and corporate levels. I hold the Accredited ESG Investment Analyst at CFA, London.

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Institute for Sustainability Leadership 2021
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

Revenue/Asset risk management through ESG based sustainable finance including SASB, GRI, UNSDGs, Dow Jones and ESG Ratings methodologies and disclosures e.g., TCFD to promote transparency, mitigate the material risks of climate change and overcome organisational barriers whilst leading transformation with key industry stakeholders. The practical element of the qualification was its application to Pharmacy businesses seeking to acquire available development funds in order to shift to low carbon emission business models and use of IT e.g. Waste management, online consultation technology.

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Executive MBA 2018 -2020
Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), London, UK

Corporate Strategy Business Mastery Project, Bayes business school, London, UK, 2018-2020. Thesis: “The Ecosystem Evolution and Sustainability Value Proposition of Federation Internationale de l’Automobile(FIA) Formula E”. Researched the Formula E business disruptive technology start-up - global BEV Motorsport FIA Championship event. Focused on how synergies are leveraged, and tensions are managed by an ecosystem hub between multiple stakeholders including manufacturers, sponsors, teams, funders, and governance is sustained as the event matures. MBA Specialist Courses. 1.International Marketing Consultancy Course, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2019 2.Start-Up-Venture Capital & Innovation Ecosystem course, Silicon Valley, US, 2019 MBA Specialist Modules. Advanced Corporate Strategy, Digital Innovation and Advanced Corporate Finance course.

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Business Management Masters course. 2017
University of Oxford, Keeble College, Oxford.

Focus on retail and online commerce.

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Bsc (Hons) Pharmacy 1996-99
University of Brighton, West Sussex, UK.

MPharm Specializing in Business development, Pharmaceutical Legal classifications, regulations across primary healthcare.

Work & Experience

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