Public executive profile · Last reviewed 11 August 2026

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.

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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.

November 2024 to present

Bayer AG

Senior Director, Global Medical & Evidence: Video & Digital Media Strategy

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.

December 2022 to October 2024

Bayer AG

Senior Director, Global Medical Affairs, CKD; subsequently Digital Across Cardiovascular

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.

September 2021 to December 2022

Sanofi

Acting Head of Immunology Medical Affairs; Medical Lead, Dermatology

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.

May 2018 to August 2021

AstraZeneca

Medical Affairs Manager; Global Innovation secondment

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.

August 2009 to December 2019

NHS clinical medicine

Surgery, trauma and orthopaedics, and emergency medicine

Ten years of clinical practice across NHS trusts, providing the clinical foundation for later work in medical affairs, education and public communication.

2015 to 2021

BBC and Sky News

Health contributor

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. Read the evidence Regulated content systems Created D:CAM, a modular methodology for reusable, compliant medical content. Read the evidence Leadership recognition Named the PM Society's Pharma Marketing Pioneer 2025. Read the evidence Public communication More than ten years of social and mainstream health broadcasting, including the BBC and Sky News. Read the evidence

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

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