Chris Bidad

Chris Bidad focuses on helping Movius Consulting’s life science clients to better navigate their most important negotiations and persuasion challenges. A seasoned leader, he draws on more than twenty years of experience from key roles in healthcare provision, payer organizations and the pharmaceutical industry. His deep experience and practical insights help our clients to reach better agreements, more quickly, by improving their negotiating tools and practices.

At AstraZeneca, Chris was Global Head of Access Strategy and Payer Policy, responsible for growing cross-asset market access opportunities and initiatives. In this role he helped diverse teams to strengthen their access skills and capabilities, while helping the larger organization to learn from its experiences. He also created programs and positions that helped meet payer needs more effectively, and developed and delivered innovative access models for new medicines.

Prior to this, Chris worked at Pfizer for sixteen years, holding positions in medical, commercial and market access at local, regional and global levels. During his time in global market access, he held roles as market access Director for Enbrel; Senior Director of International Developed Markets; and Senior Director for Health Innovation. 

Chris began his career as a Clinical Pharmacist in the UK NHS, working at Guy’s & St. Thomas’ and The Royal Marsden Hospital teaching hospitals as well as brief stint at Southwark Primary Care Trust, a London Payer organization.

He lives in Surrey with his wife and two children, and enjoys mountain biking, cooking and music.