Insights from AstraZeneca's SDG3 LEAD2030 winners: Youth action to advance health equity
This session will feature two Lead2030 SDG 3 Challenge winners supported by AstraZeneca.
Speakers
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Alexandra BishopCountry President GermanyAlexandra Bishop
Country President Germany
AstraZenecaAlexandra Bishop has headed AstraZeneca Germany since 2022. Her international career includes strategic and management positions in the healthcare industry in France, Switzerland, Poland, Egypt, the Netherlands and Germany, reflecting her interest in fostering global alliances. Born in South Africa, she brings scientific depth from her studies in biochemistry and genetics as well as business expertise from further training at Harvard Business School. What drives her is to change the future of healthcare by unlocking the potential of science for people, society and the planet.
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Winnie OlwalAstraZeneca LEAD2030 winner and Young Health Programme Impact FellowWinnie Olwal
AstraZeneca LEAD2030 winner and Young Health Programme Impact Fellow
Delegate speakers
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Jakub Gietka
AstraZeneca LEAD2030 winner and Young Health Programme Impact Fellow
Jakub Gietka
Delegate Panellist
AstraZeneca LEAD2030 winner and Young Health Programme Impact Fellow
Born with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA Type I), I was told I wouldn’t live past age six. Today, after more than two decades of defying limits—educational, physical, and societal—I lead Fundacja Celując w Przyszłość, an NGO I founded to promote financial independence and inclusive education for persons with disabilities.
My “classroom” was once a bedroom with just a few hours of home instruction per week. I taught myself to dream bigger. I graduated with top honors in Finance and Management, earned qualifications like CIMA Cert BA and CAI®, and became an advocate at the national and European levels. I’ve advised EURORDIS, SMA Europe, and the Polish Commissioner for Human Rights—ensuring that lived experience drives systemic change.
Through webinars, TikToks, and a book on financial planning, I’ve reached over 110,000 people. Our foundation helps families access adaptive learning tools, therapy, and economic knowledge. I fight to make inclusion not the exception, but the norm.
At One Young World, I hope to scale this mission by connecting with leaders who share the belief that education, health, and empowerment are inseparable. I’m not just representing Poland—I’m representing anyone who was ever told they couldn’t.
This isn’t just advocacy. It’s survival turned into strategy. Isolation turned into infrastructure. And I’m just getting started.