Nissa Shariff is PwC Canada’s National Strategy & Health Partner with more than 17 years of experience advising governments, health systems, public agencies and private health organizations on large-scale transformation across Canada and the United States.
She has deep expertise in strategy, operating model design, system reform, stakeholder engagement, and implementation planning, and advises health leaders on the responsible adoption of digital, data, and AI-enabled transformation. Her experience includes helping organizations shape AI strategy, identify practical use cases, and align governance and operating models to support innovation, performance, and more connected, patient-centered models of care.
Nissa is a trusted advisor to elected officials, CEOs, and boards on system-level priorities and strategic decision-making. She has also published thought leadership on the future of health and public systems, including integrated home and community care models, social welfare innovation across global systems, and the use of generative AI to help create a human-centered society (her policy brief on this topic was selected as part of T20 Brasil 2024). Through her work with PwC’s Global Health Network, she brings an international perspective informed by experience across Australia, the U.K., the U.S., Denmark, Singapore, and the Middle East. Nissa holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BA in Public Health from Duke University.