Rakesh Kantaria

Rakesh Kantaria is a seasoned and successful pharmaceutical executive with a >25-year career spanning the UK NHS, global pharmaceutical industry, consultancy, and AI entrepreneurship. He has led UK, Region, and Global Medical Affairs teams, and launched >30 products. He founded a thriving Global Medical Affairs and Digital/AI consultancy, delivering expert solutions across 100+ projects. As head of Circuit Medical, he merges his passion for advancing life-changing medicines with innovative technologies to drive transformation. He led the development of Beacon, an AI MLR platform that leverages frontier AI technology to tackle a key challenge area in pharmaceutical companies. A strong advocate for driving transformation through cross-functional collaboration and empowerment, he is also an active member of the Association of AI Ethicists.