Founders & Leaders

Meet our esteemed founders, leaders and advisors:

Dr. Manuel Sibhatu (MD, MPH)

CEO and Founder. Develops Strategic Investment Plans and Business Model. Experienced in setting up local and international organizations, both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. Have completed a specialist training in internal medicine, master’s degree in public health, fellowship in and healthcare quality and safety leadership. Completed formal training and skill building courses in over eleven reputable global and local universities. A Public Health Leader, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medical Educator, Quality and Safety Advisor, Project Designer and Grant Writer.

Aron Kassaye (LLB, LLM)

Co-Founder. An experienced corporate lawyer with rich experience in legal drafting, business law, and directing Legal Directorates in two of the top Insurance Companies in Ethiopia. Mr. Aron have obtained his masters’ degree in business law from Addis Ababa University. Completed advanced trainings in corporate leadership and insurance policy abroad. A Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) leadership fellow.

Technical Advisory Group

Technical Advisory Group (TAG) will provide technical insights on policies and market dynamics in the pharmaceutical sector and enable the Pharma Tech Leadership meet organizational and business performance indicators, and assess major investment risks. The TAG will play a crucial role in analyzing changes in health policy, public health programs, national strategic and operational plans, clinical treatment guidelines that impact our strategic goals, marketing models and operational efficiencies. The TAG will co-create digital content and train health workers.

Dr. Tekie T. Debrezion, MD: Board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and currently providing patient care at Kaiser Permanente in California, USA. Completed Doctor of Medicine (MD) at Addis Ababa University School of Medicine, and a postgraduate residency program in Adult and Family Medicine at Howard University Hospital and Franklin Square Hospital Center in the USA. He is a member of reputable professional associations including the California Medical Association and Santa Clara County Medical Association.