Thriving in Your Career Through Personal Life Transitions

Careers are rarely linear. Alongside professional growth, most of us are navigating significant life stages, such as parenthood, carer responsibilities, health challenges, and periods of personal change. This panel event will explore how we can continue to grow, lead and progress our careers when life becomes more complex. We’ll hear from a diverse group of professionals who have navigated different personal and professional challenges, sharing honest perspectives on balancing ambition with life’s competing demands. The discussion will explore how we can adapt our career paths, maintain momentum, redefine success and make space for the things that matter most, while continuing to build meaningful and fulfilling careers.

Agenda

6:00 PM - 6:30 PM	Arrival
6:30 PM - 7:15 PM	Panel discussion
7:15 PM - 7:30 PM	Audience Q&A
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Networking

Additional Event Information

Online registration deadline: 17 November 2026
Event is open to: HBA Members and Non-Members
This event is not refundable.
Onsite (walk -in) registration: Is Not Allowed

Featured Speakers

Natalie Freeman
Market Access Associate, MSD
Moderator

Ian Harris
Director,
Speaker

Stephanie Newey
Partner, L.E.K. Consulting LLC
Speaker

Chifumi Umeda
Managing Director, MSD

Qiao Watkins
Senior Director, Global Clinical Operations, BeOne Medicines
Speaker

Event Sponsor

Pricing

	Member	Non-Member
Regular Registration - In-person	$0.00 / €0.00	$0.00 / €0.00
Sponsor Registration - In-person	$0.00 / €0.00	$0.00 / €0.00

Members receive up to 50 percent discount

Event Policies

Photography Policy
By registering for this event, you acknowledge that you may be photographed, videotaped, and/or audio-taped during the meeting and hereby give permission for your image, voice, or survey comments to be used in education, training, promotion, and/or trade and communications media by the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association in any and all media throughout the world, without restriction as to frequency or duration of usage.

COVID-19 Policy
The HBA requires that all persons who participate in in-person events do so at their own risk and that each participant agrees to the following agreement before taking part in the activity and urges all participants to act in such a manner as to protect their own safety and the safety of others.

By registering for this event, I fully understand that my participation in the program is purely voluntary. I desire to participate and agree to act reasonably and prudently under the circumstances. I further understand that any HBA volunteers participating in the activity will act individually and will not represent the HBA. As a condition to my participation the activity, I waive and release the HBA and their officers, employees, and agents from any claim that I may have for any damage to property or injury to my person that may result in whole or in part from my participation.

Special Needs Policy
The HBA will make reasonable modifications to policies and programs to ensure that people with special needs can enjoy all of its programs. Contact us if you require special accommodations for this event.