About Doan
Doan is a principal in McKinsey’s Geneva office and a member of our Pharmaceutical & Medical Products Practice and Global Public Health Practice.
Doan works with pharmaceutical and medical products companies to develop business strategies, improve operations, and strengthen sales and marketing. She also works with global non-profit health organizations to help them fulfill their mission to improve health in low-income countries. She supports these organizations in developing best-practice strategies or operational improvements to increase their efficiency and effectiveness. Her work frequently focuses on improving access to medicines through innovative partnerships and business models.
Recently Doan has been involved in developing sustainable business approaches to engage the private sector in addressing the socio-economic challenges of low-income countries. She has also been instrumental in helping a health partnership develop a strategic framework for its R&D investment in endemic diseases in Africa.
Before joining McKinsey, Doan was a medicinal chemist working in the fields of immunology, oncology, metabolic disorders, and cardiovascular disease. She has a PhD in organic synthesis from California Institute of Technology.
Published work
“Myanmar's moment: Unique opportunities, major challenges,” McKinsey Global Institute, June 2013
“Public–private partnerships: An untapped strategic lever,” Unlocking pharma growth: Navigating the intricacies of emerging markets, McKinsey & Company, 2012
Past experience
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Lexicon Pharmaceuticals
Medicinal chemist
2002-2004
Education
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California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, US
PhD in organic synthesis
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Brock University, Ontario, Canada
BSc in chemistry