Omar Khawaja

Omar Khawaja is a data & analytics thought leader with over 23+ years of experience in the software, consumer goods, life sciences and manufacturing industry. Omar is passionate about creating business value with data & AI. He has also multiple years of experience in leading the development & operations of data & analytics platforms. Omar is currently working as Global Head of Data & Analytics / CDAO for Givaudan. Before joining Givaudan, Omar worked at Roche for 3.5 years leading the BI & Analytics team for Roche Diagnostics. Omar spearheaded the implementation of data mesh for Roche Diagnostics & before joining Givaudan he was driving the overall platform strategy for Informatics.

Before joining Roche, Omar worked at Novartis in Basel, Switzerland, where he has performed various roles over the last ten years. Originally from Pakistan, Omar first started at Novartis in his home country, where he was the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for more than two years. He then moved to Switzerland in 2012 as CIO for Novartis Pharma Services (Exports Headquarters for Novartis). He held other roles like the Regional Business Partner for emerging markets, and spent the last 4 years at Novartis in data & insights roles. He led the sales insights team in the Commercial IT organization and prior to joining Roche, he was leading the commercial analytics team as part of the Analytics Center of Excellence for Novartis.