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Peter Materu – Lead Educaiton Specialist, World Bank
Peter Materu is a Lead Education Specialist at the World Bank where he has been
since 2000.
He is currently the Program Leader for tertiary education in the Africa Region of the
World Bank and also serves as education Cluster Leader for a group of 15 countries in West Africa. Prior to
joining the World Bank, Mr. Materu pursued an academic career at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Tanzania and author of numerous
publications in education and engineering.
Assad Matuk Safi M.D - General Manager of the Department of Market Access for Spain and Portugal,
Johnson & Johnson Medical
After working as a doctor for several years, Assaad decides to explore the business
field and the sanitary politics. For this reason he decides to travel to Sydney, Australia,
in 1998 and completes his MBA degree which he complements with studies
in Health Management and Health Economy. After the MBA and having worked in Australia in the management
of sanitary services he travels to Latin America to work with Johnson & Johnson Medical, where he
occupies different positions in Sales and Marketing management. He leads the Health services administration
program in the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Colombia. In 2007 he starts leading the business expansion
of vascular interventionism in Europe, Middle East and Africa. During the next 3 years, he has the
opportunity to get to know better the needs, synergies and differences of the emerging markets of Middle
East and Africa. In 2010 he starts leading the implementation of the recently created department of Market
Access for Spain and Portugal where he is currently the General Manager.
During all his professional experience in the different continents, Assaad has shown a deep interest in the
Social Responsibility field, leading and participating in J&J’s Corporate Social Responsibility projects.
As a complement to his graduate studies, Assaad has carried out graduate studies in Organizational Development
and Leadership in Harvard Business School (2009-2010) and Institutional Relationships and Sanitary
policies in the Instituto de Empresa en Madrid (2010-2011).
Married for 10 years now with Carolina, he has a daughter, Hanna, one and a half year-old, to whom it dedicates
a lot of his time.
He is also a big fan of the physical training dedicating 2 hours to physical training to compete in Marathons
and Triathlons.
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