Dr Alan McDougall is currently Vice President and Head of Medical Affairs, Asia Oceania. Alan qualified in medicine in 1984 from the University of Glasgow in Scotland. He trained as a family doctor and worked in and around Glasgow for 14 years. Alan joined Novo Nordisk in 1998, becoming their UK Medical Director in 2001 and after leadership positions with both BioMarin Europe and AstraZeneca, he joined Astellas as their UK Medical Director in 2009 before moving to a regional European role in 2014 and subsequently Vice President and Head of Asia-Pacific Medical Affairs in 2016.