> Canonical: https://drkishanrees.com/executive-profile/ > Last reviewed: 11 August 2026 > Source note: This Markdown companion, the canonical HTML page and the downloadable PDF are generated from the same reviewed public profile data. # Executive profile Dr Kishan Rees is a GMC-registered physician and global medical affairs leader specialising in video and digital media strategy, regulated medical education, patient engagement and content systems. He is Senior Director, Global Medical & Evidence: Video & Digital Media Strategy at Bayer AG, following senior medical affairs roles at Sanofi and AstraZeneca and ten years in NHS clinical medicine. His work combines clinical credibility, enterprise content design, education and public communication. He is best aligned with leadership mandates spanning global medical communications, digital medical affairs, patient and scientific engagement, medical education and capability building. ## Summary snapshot - **Current role:** Senior Director, Global Medical & Evidence: Video & Digital Media Strategy, Bayer AG - **Leadership remit:** Global digital patient and scientific engagement across cardiovascular, renal, oncology and women's health - **Professional standing:** GMC registered with a licence to practise (7046338); Member, Medical Journalists' Association - **Location:** London, UK; travels worldwide ## Leadership focus - Global medical communications and content strategy - Digital medical affairs and regulated content systems - Patient and scientific engagement - Medical education and capability building - Cross-functional and intergenerational team leadership - Advocating for working critically, confidently and responsibly with AI ## Career chronology Clinical, broadcast and advisory appointments ran alongside parts of the pharmaceutical chronology. ### Bayer AG **Senior Director, Global Medical & Evidence: Video & Digital Media Strategy** November 2024 to present Leads global video and digital media strategy, directing digital patient and scientific engagement across cardiovascular, renal, oncology and women's health. - Develops scalable approaches to medical content, digital formats and speaker capability in a highly regulated environment. ### Bayer AG **Senior Director, Global Medical Affairs, CKD; subsequently Digital Across Cardiovascular** December 2022 to October 2024 Led global medical education and digital engagement across cardiovascular and renal medicine. - Built GME:X, deployed in the US, Japan, India and the UK and reaching more than 50,000 healthcare professionals. - Created D:CAM, a modular methodology for reusable, compliant medical content. - Led digital content and strategy for the Heart & Kidney Care Alliance, a collective of more than 22 patient organisations. ### Sanofi **Acting Head of Immunology Medical Affairs; Medical Lead, Dermatology** September 2021 to December 2022 Led medical strategy, people development and regulated engagement across dermatology and respiratory indications. - Led a 14-person immunology medical affairs team. - Held medical signatory and compliance responsibilities. ### AstraZeneca **Medical Affairs Manager; Global Innovation secondment** May 2018 to August 2021 Brought digital capability into UK medical affairs while supporting cardiovascular and metabolic medicine. - Designed three platforms for healthcare professional education, collaboration and change management. - Won the EU-Canada Medical Innovation Award through a competitive pitch in 2019. - Held medical signatory and compliance responsibilities. ### NHS clinical medicine **Surgery, trauma and orthopaedics, and emergency medicine** August 2009 to December 2019 Ten years of clinical practice across NHS trusts, providing the clinical foundation for later work in medical affairs, education and public communication. ### BBC and Sky News **Health contributor** 2015 to 2021 Translated complex health information for national audiences, including live coverage of the 2017 NHS cyberattack and defining moments of the COVID-19 pandemic. ## Selected evidence - **Enterprise medical education:** [GME:X reached more than 50,000 healthcare professionals across four markets.](https://drkishanrees.com/work/life-sciences/) - **Regulated content systems:** [Created D:CAM, a modular methodology for reusable, compliant medical content.](https://drkishanrees.com/work/life-sciences/) - **Leadership recognition:** [Named the PM Society's Pharma Marketing Pioneer 2025.](https://pmsociety.org.uk/results/pm-society-awards-2025-results/pm-society-awards-2025-pharma-marketing-pioneer/) - **Public communication:** [More than ten years of social and mainstream health broadcasting, including the BBC and Sky News.](https://drkishanrees.com/work/broadcast/) ## Qualifications - **MD, Public Health Communication During COVID-19**, Hull York Medical School, 2025 - **Executive MBA, Merit**, University of Nottingham, 2018 - **MMedSci Medical Education, Distinction**, University of Nottingham, 2015 - **MBChB Medicine and Surgery**, University of Leicester, 2009 ## Appointments - Co-founder, Undoctored Truth Alliance, since 2026 - Member, Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership (GLLEP), 2020 to 2024 - Clinical Advisory Board member, Needlesmart, 2020 to 2022 - Programme Mentor, NHS England Clinical Entrepreneur Programme, since 2019 - Honorary Lecturer, Hull York Medical School, since 2018 ## Recognition - PM Society Awards, Pharma Marketing Pioneer, 2025 - AstraZeneca, EU-Canada Medical Innovation Award, 2019 - Medic Footprints, Diversified Medic of the Year, 2016 - Roche Pharmaceuticals Undergraduate Prize, 2007 ## Publication note This public profile is intentionally selective and omits confidential or proprietary information. Further professional information is available where appropriate. Cite as: Rees, Kishan. 'Executive profile'. drkishanrees.com, last reviewed 11 August 2026. https://drkishanrees.com/executive-profile/