Niousha Ghazni

Niousha Ghazni is a commercial executive with experience building businesses, transforming teams and driving growth across Canadian and US healthcare markets. Her expertise spans prescription medicines, consumer health, OTC, HCP engagement, retail, e-commerce and B2B channels. She brings a practical perspective on how sales, marketing, medical and operations can work together to turn customer insights into adoption and measurable business results.

Most recently, Niousha served as Head of Marketing, North America at Emergent BioSolutions. She helped build the Canadian commercial organization, led the integration of US and Canadian commercial teams, and developed new pathways for education, access and growth. Her work includes the commercial strategy supporting workplace naloxone initiative, product launches and portfolio innovation, and practical applications of AI to improve commercial productivity and decision-making. Known for her collaborative, people-first leadership, she helps teams navigate complexity and translate strategy into execution.

Prior to her time at Emergent, Niousha has held roles in Clinical trial management, sales and marketing leadership roles spanning multiple therapeutic areas including Hematology, Oncology, Infectious Disease, Diabetes and Psychiatry.

Niousha holds a BSc with a minor in Mathematics from the University of Toronto, an MSc in Neuroscience from Queen’s University, and an MBA from Ivey Business School. She previously held the Certified Health Executive designation from the Canadian College of Health Leaders and received an honorary diploma from Université Laval.

Niousha and her husband, Pouya, are proud parents to Avery, Ava and Avi. Outside work, she is an avid soccer fan, and attended the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, and a full time soccer mom.