Dr Kishan Rees

Dr Kishan Rees | Senior Director, Global Medical & Evidence | Bayer AG

Dr Kishan Rees is one of a rare breed — a clinician who has built genuine expertise across medicine, broadcast media, and global pharmaceutical strategy. With over 15 years spanning emergency medicine, medical education, Sky News and BBC health journalism, and senior medical affairs roles at AstraZeneca, Sanofi, and now Bayer AG, he brings a perspective that few in the industry can match.

As Senior Director for Video & Digital Content Strategy within Global Medical & Evidence at Bayer, Kishan sits at the intersection of science, storytelling, and innovation — shaping how complex medical evidence is communicated to healthcare professionals and patients around the world. Central to his leadership philosophy is building high-performing, intergenerational teams: creating environments where diverse experience, perspective, and ambition combine to produce work that neither a purely senior nor purely junior team could achieve alone. People development is not a function of his role — it is a conviction.

His academic credentials are as distinctive as his career path. Alongside his medical degree from the University of Leicester and a Master's in Medical Education (with Distinction) from the University of Nottingham, Kishan holds an Executive MBA from Nottingham Business School and was awarded his MD from Hull York Medical School in 2025. His doctoral research — an Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis of how social and mainstream media shaped public health communication during the pandemic — speaks directly to his professional specialism in digital medical content and health communication strategy.

He was recognised as an NHS England Clinical Entrepreneur in 2017. In 2025, he received the PM Society Marketing Pioneer Award — one of the pharmaceutical industry's most respected recognitions — for his innovative approach to content and digital strategy. He also serves as a judge for two of the most prestigious award programmes in pharmaceutical marketing, the PM Society Awards and the Communiqué Awards, bringing both scientific rigour and creative discernment to evaluating the industry's best work.

He remains a passionate advocate for accessible health communication, and brings the clarity of a clinician, the strategic instincts of an MBA, the scholarly depth of a completed doctorate, and the confidence of someone who has delivered live television to millions.

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