IPSHITA MANDAL-JOHNSON, PHD

Dr. Mandal-Johnson is currently a lecturer at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She completed her undergraduate education in Biotechnology at the University of Auckland and completed her PhD at the University of Cambridge in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology.

After her PhD, she was Guest Lecturer at the University of Cambridge, after which she pursued a position in Management Consulting with McKinsey & Company, where she managed digital and healthcare transformation projects for leading tech, banking, government and healthcare institutions. Led strategy and implementation projects involving senior client engagement, operations (sales and digital) transformation, fundraising and business development, financial analysis, conception and research of novel programmes, talent capability building and knowledge omni-channel communication.

She has received numerous recognitions for her work, including St. Gallen Leader of Tomorrow, 40 Under 40 by the University of Auckland, and 50 Movers and Shakers in BioBusiness.

She is passionate on the intersection between innovation (technology and implementation) and the US Fulbright Award. She has several publications and has built 12 startups over the past decade, working with micro and large institutions in healthcare, agriculture, technology, banking and consumer goods through government, academia, private sector and not-for-profits. Worked and/or educated for a significant period in 7 countries (US, St Lucia, UK, Kenya, India, Singapore and NZ). She has worked and/or educated for a significant period in 7 countries (US, St Lucia, UK, Kenya, India, Singapore and New Zealand).

Worked and/or educated for a significant period in 7 countries (US, St Lucia, UK, Kenya, India, Singapore and NZ)