Chief Commercial Officer & Vice President and Regional General Manager of North Asia
Benedict Ong serves as the Chief Commercial Officer of Juniper Biologics, overseeing the commercial strategies of the company for both existing portfolio and new products planning. Also as the Vice President & Regional General Manager for the North Asia cluster including China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan, he is managing the business and operation to drive growth and opportunities.
Benedict has more than 25 years’ of commercial experiences in the healthcare sector, pharmaceutical and medical device industries. He brings wealth of knowledge and experience across various therapeutic areas including oncology, haematology, anti-infectives, primary care and neuroscience.
He started his career as a junior product specialist before embarking on a journey of various commercial roles with increasing responsibilities with pharmaceutical MNCs including Bayer, Janssen (a Johnson & Johnson company) and Roche. Benedict held senior Oncology Marketing Leadership roles in Southeast Asia in Janssen and later served as Commercial Director for Foundation Medicine in Asia Pacific, Roche. He played key roles in driving commercial excellence and growing the business in territories assigned under his care.
Benedict attained a Master of Business Administration from the University of Birmingham and a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from National University of Singapore. He is also a registered pharmacist with the Singapore Pharmaceutical Council.
Vice President and Regional General Manager of SEA
Suresh Pragasam serves as Vice President and Regional General Manager of Juniper Biologics for its Southeast Asia pharmaceutical operations.
Prior to Juniper, Suresh has 30 years of pharmaceutical experiences across multiple functions, such as sales, marketing, commercial excellence, strategic and business development, and general management with multinational pharmaceutical companies such as GlaxosmithKline, UCB Pharmaceuticals, Sanofi and Mundipharma.
His last position before joining Juniper was as Regional General Manager for Mundipharma for Southeast Asia, Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.
Suresh’s notable successes across Southeast Asia amongst others were maximising post-patent portfolios, new products introduction and launches into new and existing countries, development of Patient Access Programs, integration of newly acquired products, restructuring and turning around of non-profitable companies, Bbuilding and developing people and teams. Suresh was seconded to Brazil and Mexico during his tenure with Sanofi.
Suresh graduated with a Masters in Business Administration from Edith Cowan University, Australia. In addition, Suresh also completed General Management Programs in INSEAD Paris and INSEAD Singapore.
Vice President and Regional General Manager of MEA
Haytham Ramzy serves as Vice President & General Manager, Middle-East & Africa for Juniper Biologics.
Haytham has over 16 years of pharmaceutical experience where he is most recently the Cluster Head in Egypt and Near East. Haytham is a strategic and results-oriented leader with a successful track record in the pharmaceutical industry, partnering CEOs and Boards, leading stakeholder and employee engagement.
As Vice President & General Manager, MEA, Haytham will provide strategic direction to the region’s operations including all sales, marketing, reporting and compliance plans. He will be responsible for establishing Juniper Biologics operations and building long-term partnerships with healthcare professionals, patient groups and government bodies.
He will be an important link between Juniper Biologics and channel partners in the MEA region, and will be accountable for all business development activities, with the aim of growing Juniper Biologics’ business portfolio.
