Navjot Kaur Kalra

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Director of IT and Digital Transformation at CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations)

Norway

Overview

Navjot Kaur Kalra is the Director of IT and Digital Transformation at CEPI, where she leads digital strategy to advance global health and pandemic preparedness. With a background in the NHS, she is an expert in value-based healthcare. Colleagues describe her as energetic, insightful, and a compassionate leader.

She is passionate about people and leadership, focusing on building teams with integrity and trust. Navjot values the intersection of academia and industry, actively learning from evidence-based guidance to inform strategy. She is currently a Doctoral Candidate at Swansea University, complementing her MBA from Henley Business School.

Unique fact: She helped develop the "Intelligence for Value" framework to shape national healthcare strategies in Wales.

Personality Overview

Consummate Professional

Decisive But Calm

Long-Term Thinker

Reading between the lines and seeing beyond your words comes naturally to them.  They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time. They might take some time to make their mind up but once they do, they don't change it easily.

Topics They Care About

Digital Health Transformation
Leads CEPI's digital strategy to accelerate vaccine development, drawing on extensive experience transforming healthcare services within NHS Wales.
Value-Based Healthcare
A core focus of her previous roles, where she led national programs to improve patient outcomes and resource efficiency in Wales.
AI in Global Health
Actively exploring and implementing AI to transform pandemic preparedness and support organizational excellence at CEPI.

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Work History

11-2024
Director of IT and Digital Transformation at CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations)
12-2020 - 10-2024
Assistant Director of Digital Transformation- Welsh Value in Health Centre at NHS Wales
6-2019 - 10-2024
Head of Value Based Healthcare at Swansea Bay University Health Board
9-2020 - 2-2022
Member Audit, Assurance and Risk Committee at Swansea University
7-2017 - 6-2019
Programme Manager - Procurement (Service Transformation) at Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board

Education

Doctoral Candidate (DBA) from Swansea University / Prifysgol Abertawe
2011 - 2015
Master of Business Administration - MBA from Henley Business School

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DO's

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  • Focus on the results that your product produces, expect some strategic questions in return
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DONT's

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  • Don't focus too much on mutual contacts or bother about other stakeholders, focus on them
  • Avoid putting conscious effort into relationship-building

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When Writing An Email

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