Divakar Ramakrishnan, PhD

Divakar serves as EVP, Chief Technology Officer, and Head of R&D at Convatec plc, which is a global medical products and technologies company focused on solutions for the management of chronic conditions, with leading market positions in advanced wound care, ostomy care, continence care and infusion care. He joined Convatec in 2020, where he and his team have helped launch 8 significant new products in the last 3 years. Prior to this, he was Chief Digital Officer and Vice President for Eli Lilly’s Drug Delivery, Device and Digital Health groups, where he led a global R&D team focused on developing innovative and digitally-enabled devices to improve patient care. Divakar’s career in healthcare spans more than 25 years. He also served as Eli Lilly’s Vice President of Manufacturing Science and Technology as well as Vice President of Global Manufacturing and Supply Chain of Eli Lilly’s Animal Health Business Unit as well as in Moderna where he was SVP of Process Development, Manufacturing and Quality. Divakar holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University and a Bachelor of Technology degree in Chemical Engineering from AC Tech, Anna University in India. He also holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.