Najat Khan joins General Atlantic as Senior Advisor

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--General Atlantic, a leading global growth equity firm, announced today that Najat Khan, Ph.D., has joined the firm as a Senior Advisor. Based in New York, Najat brings more than a decade of operational and data science expertise in the Life Sciences sector and will provide strategic support and counsel to the firm’s investment teams and portfolio companies.

Najat has held senior leadership roles throughout her tenure at Johnson & Johnson and currently serves as Chief Data Science Officer and Global Head of Strategy & Operations at Janssen Research and Development, LLC where she is responsible for reimagining the discovery and development of medicines across all Janssen therapeutic areas. She also plays a key role in shaping the company’s Research & Development strategy, spanning key pipeline and portfolio decisions and new strategic initiatives. Najat is also the co-chair of J&J’s enterprise-wide Data Science Council which focuses on driving business impact and adoption of Data Science across the company.

Brett Zbar, M.D., Managing Director and Global Head of Life Sciences at General Atlantic, commented, “Najat is widely recognized as a global leader at the intersection of data science and the biological sciences. As we continue to partner with entrepreneurs who are leveraging technological innovation to reimagine the discovery and development of modern therapeutics, she will be a terrific asset to our investment team and our portfolio companies.”

Previously, Najat worked at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where she was a core member of the Healthcare and Data Science & Digital practices. She currently serves as a board member at the Alliance of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare (AAIH) and Co-Chair of the Johnson & Johnson Data Science Council. She received a B.A. in Chemistry and Electronics from Colgate University and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania.

General Atlantic formally established Life Sciences as its fifth core investing sector in 2020. The firm manages more than $3.1B in value in Life Sciences companies globally as of September 30, 2021.

About General Atlantic

General Atlantic is a leading global growth equity firm with more than four decades of experience providing capital and strategic support for over 445 growth companies throughout its history. Established in 1980 to partner with visionary entrepreneurs and deliver lasting impact, the firm combines a collaborative global approach, sector specific expertise, a long-term investment horizon and a deep understanding of growth drivers to partner with great entrepreneurs and management teams to scale innovative businesses around the world. General Atlantic currently has over $86 billion in assets under management inclusive of all products as of September 30, 2021, and more than 215 investment professionals based in New York, Amsterdam, Beijing, Hong Kong, Jakarta, London, Mexico City, Mumbai, Munich, Palo Alto, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore and Stamford. For more information on General Atlantic, please visit the website: www.generalatlantic.com.