2014: Shideh Sedgh Bina

In a unique 25th anniversary celebration of the HBA’s Woman of the Year (WOTY) event, the HBA announced three visionary women across the healthcare spectrum as the 2014 HBA Women of the Year. Together, Shideh Sedgh Bina, Annalisa Jenkins, MBBS, MRCP and Patricia A. Maryland, Dr.PH, accepted the award.

“2014 marks a year of celebration for the HBA. Recognizing our 35th year as the industry’s premier organization committed to the advancement of women in healthcare worldwide and celebrating 25 years of remarkable women leaders. It was important to mark these momentous milestones in a distinctive way” commented Jeanne Zucker, HBA chair emeritus. “We are excited to mark our WOTY silver anniversary with three distinguished leaders representing life sciences, care delivery, and management services, showcasing the diversity in healthcare and HBA’s commitment to women throughout the full-service continuum of healthcare.”

Shideh Sedgh Bina is a founding partner of Insigniam and editor in chief of Insigniam Quarterly. Shideh is an expert in managing change, innovation, and enterprise wide transformations. Globally regarded for her own leadership and vision in helping shape companies into the leading-edge players in healthcare, she is uniquely skilled at developing leaders, transforming business operations, and helping her clients create breakthrough impacts. Shideh has been a keynote speaker at numerous internal executive conferences for Fortune 500 companies.

Read the cover story on our Women of the Year from HBA media partner Pharmaceutical Executive.

Read Shideh's Women of the Year speech

All information in the honoree’s bio is reflective of the time they won the award.