Maria Hedwall currently hold the position as Sr Director Project Management in the Global Portfolio and Project management organization at AstraZeneca R&D. She is accountable for the early cardiovascular and respiratory pipeline delivery and her organization manages a variety of modalities of drug projects in the pre-clinical phase up to PH3ID. Maria brings an understanding of drug development based on 19 years of experience in the clinical, outsourcing and innovative medicines functions with a special interest in collaboration and efficient drug project planning and execution.
As a person she has an ambitious mindset and is driven of the capability to turn strategy into delivery and action. As the goal oriented person she is, she want to push boundaries and make difference preferably by generating creative & innovative solutions.