Ivana Cattaneo

Ivana is Italian, married with two sons and lives in Italy where she enjoys little things including music and arts. She has an MSc in International Health Technology Assessment from the University of Sheffield, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health, a master’s in management and a degree in foreign literature from Italian universities.

Her work experience is at international level, primarily with the life science industry. Currently she works for a pharmaceutical company BeOne Medicines, as Head of European Government Affairs and Public Policy.

She is passionate about cancer policy, and serves on different steering committees focusing on policy advocacy on cancer research, cancer challenges, access and inequalities. She served as: Chair of the Oncology Platform within EFPIA (European Federation of Industry and Association Fighting cancer) for 2 terms; Steering Committee member of Rare Cancers Europe (RCE, ESMO). She is Strategic Advisory Board member in ECHOS (National Cancer Mission Hub); she is member of the EU Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer (ECIBC) and she is founding member of Transforming Breast Cancer Together.

She believes in the power of inclusion and collaboration and looks forward to putting her experience to the service of the Cancer Grand Challenges Advocacy Panel.