Shwen is currently Chief Representative (USA – HealthTech) for Basel Area Business & Innovation, as well as an independent consultant focused on Digital Strategy, Corporate Innovation, and Generative AI. He is the founder of #GenAI4Pharma (a global series of events), an Executive in Residence (EIR) at Springboard Enterprises, and an advisor to a pharma-focused digital health accelerator, PharmStars. He is also an advisor to and investor in various startups.
Most recently, Shwen was the VP/Head of Global Digital Strategy at Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), where he was accountable to the Executive Leadership Team and the Board of Directors for leading digital innovation across the enterprise (R&D, Clinical, Commercial, Manufacturing & Supply Chain, and Enabling Functions) and chairing the Digital Advisory Board, as well as for establishing the enterprise strategy for digital medicines and digital therapeutics.
Prior to BMS, he was the Co-Founder and Global Head of Open Innovation for the Novartis BIOME — a global network of digital innovation hubs, where he helped to launch multiple hubs internationally.
