As Head of Strategy for the World Without Disease Accelerator (WWDA), Megha leads the overall WWDA strategic planning, including the development of short- and long-term goals and objectives. In addition, Megha partners with WWDA’s Venture Leaders to develop a holistic value creation strategy to execute alongside the scientific strategy. She works closely with key external organizations to help build the overall innovation ecosystem to accelerate the WWDA vision.
Megha has held diverse leadership roles in consumer, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals within Johnson & Johnson (J&J). Most recently, she served as Director, Global Innovation Strategy, J&J Consumer Health. Megha began her career in the Consumer sector where she held roles of increasing responsibility in the Oral and Topical Health franchises. Subsequently, Megha moved to the Medical Devices sector joining the Diabetes Solutions Companies, where she led customer insight and concept development programs guiding product development. Megha has received more than 10 granted patents from her time in R&D. In addition to her career at J&J, Megha also worked at GSK, where she spent time in London working as the Global Marketing Manager for the Respiratory Franchise.
Megha has a Master of Business Administration from The Wharton School. She also earned a Master of Biotechnology and a Bachelor of Science in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.