Namal Nawana is Chief Executive Officer, President and a Member of the Board of Directors of Alere. Since his appointment in 2014, Namal has re-oriented the company to focus on its strengths, as the global leader in rapid diagnostics behind the new vision of Knowing now matters.™ Through this strategic reset, Alere is positioned for improved financial performance, a strengthened balance sheet, a focused innovation pipeline and a return to organic growth.  He holds an Honors degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Masters of Medical Science degree from the University of Adelaide in Australia and an MBA from the Henley Business School in the United Kingdom. In his current role, he is focused on unlocking the full potential of Alere’s assets and improving shareholder return by leveraging the company’s leadership in rapid diagnostics to develop solutions supporting each of these critical dimensions of healthcare. Namal currently serves on the Board of Directors of AdvaMedDx, the industry association that advocates for the power of medical diagnostic tests to promote wellness, improve patient outcomes and advance public health globally; as well as the Board of Directors of Malaria No More, a global nonprofit with the mission to mobilize global resources required to achieve malaria eradication within the next 25 years.

 He is one of the global leader in rapid diagnostic and business in Pharmaceutical industry.