Ahmed "Rifai" Rifayee

Rifai is currently the Director of financial planning and analytics (FP&A) for Dr Reddy’s North America business, with a keen interest in pharmaceutical strategy & generic portfolio management. He has nearly 10 years of experience in leading analytics projects, managing Gx pharmaceutical product portfolio & Strategy, R&D finance, carrying out special, need based projects as chief of staff at the COO's office, among other projects in pharma. A postgraduate (MBA) from XLRI India and an undergrad in mechanical engineering, Rifai also worked as an executive engineer in the power industry for 2 years before pursuing MBA and taking up a career in generic pharmaceuticals.