Elena Bonfiglioli

Elena is Microsoft’s Global Business Leader for Healthcare, Pharma Life Sciences. In this capacity she is responsible for global commercial business and go-to-market for Microsoft Health and Life Sciences. She oversees a global team of industry and sales experts who drive customer engagement, pipeline development and strategic partnerships in AI transformation across health providers, payors and Life Sciences’ organizations. In addition she leads the sales team for Microsoft’s new portfolio of Dragon Copilot Clinical Applications outside US. Elena was recently appointed as Advisory Board member of the Women Health Community initiative led by Kearney. In 2023 Elena was elected as Member of the DIA Pharma Advisory Council for Europe, Middle East & Africa. She is a Board Member in two startups and serves as Advisor in biopharma and Medtech organisations working on non-invasive vagus nerve modulation. She is championing for Longevity from science to clinical applications, population health economics; and has recently joined the Board of Care in Switzerland. Elena was selected twice as one of the top 50 AI Innovators by Intelligent Health in 2020 and in 2023. She is a founding member of the Holomedicine Association; Chair of the Board of SkinCare and Vice Chair of the DIGITALEUROPE Executive Council for Healthcare since it’s creation in 2021. She recently joined the Board of Movement Health Foundation, an organization founded by Roche, Siemens Healthineers, Microsoft to build strong and sustainable healthcare systems. From 2017-2020 she was part of the HIMSS Europe Governing Council. Elena co-chaired the Health Cloud Council from 2015-2019 leading work on secondary use of data and the creation of the first global data collaborative in cardiovascular population health. She has been working in the health sector for 20+ years, starting in health policy at EU level, as leader for Microsoft’s public sector healthcare in EMEA. Prior to Microsoft she led welfare policy analysis and simulations in Italy, and started her career in oncology patient support programs in France. During her time as Director for Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility at CSR Europe, she worked cross sectors to drive transformation of strategy and business processes across accessibility, welfare, health and environmental sustainability. She is an active advocate and public speaker representing Microsoft Healthcare and Life Sciences’ AI strategy, and supported the creation of the Healthcare Data Innovation Council, a partnership of healthcare actors to progress regulatory frameworks for data sharing in health and life sciences. In her personal time, Elena championed the transformational impact of meditation in personal and professional development, working with the Centre for Evolutionary Learning. She promotes the empowerment of women in leadership. In 2007 she led the creation and became founding member of the Women in leadership Network and still today she is an active champion for Diversity and Inclusion at Microsoft.