Lydia Lanman is a senior Global Policy Leader at Hoffmann-La Roche and is responsible for leading Roche efforts across a variety of global health policy areas. Her area of expertise is in brain health and Alzheimer’s disease.

Lydia joined the pharmaceutical industry in Canada in 2007, where she has led a variety of national policy, government relations and market access efforts at two pharmaceutical firms. Prior to joining pharma, Lydia worked in various senior advisory roles in Canada, providing strategic advice directly to Ministers and Deputy Ministers of Health, both federally and provincially, on the development of health care policy, health system design and intergovernmental relations.

Lydia holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Master of Arts in Political Science and Public Health, both from the University of Alberta. Her graduate work focused primarily on Canadian and international health care reforms.