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Shahin Kimiagar (Persian name means Hawk, born on December 30, 1970 in Tehran, Iran) is a Pharmacist and MBA and currently holds the position Country Manager of Novartis Pharma Services Inc, Iran branch office. Shahin is specifically known to have a strong character next to his leadership skills. His records show a successful trend in building organizations. Almost all the positions he was given for, turned to be a successful one in this business sector. Shahin is one of the few who won the Roche global olympiad awards for the two consecutive years. His previous business accomplishments include serving as Business Unit Manager for [Hoffmann-La Roche] pharmaceuticals in the field of oncology as well as upgrading a health network in a small province next to Tehran where he used to spend his two-year obligatory service to the government.

Shahin married to Yalda Nilipour who holds a fellowship in Neuropathology from Paris and the mother of Bardia. Yalda and Bardia born on the same day. In Aug. 2008, Shahin appointed as the Country Manager of Novartis Pharma and got involved in series of legal issues raised against the company by the ex-country manager and restructured this organization in a short period of time to be one of the most successful ones among handful branch offices in Iran. Shahin is possibly the youngest Iranian Country Manager assigned to run a company with the foreign entity and structure amongst all the pharmaceutical research companies in Iran managing some forty employees. Shahin studies an [MBA in Strathclyde University] []branch in UAE which was fully sponsored by his previous firm Roche. His career at Novartis started after Ken Clarks International, one of the largest executive search firms in this field screened and recognized his talents and business vision.www.novartis.com