A well-recognised corporate communications and brand management expert, Seema Ahuja has nearly 35 years of marketing and communications experience with over two decades in senior leadership roles in the pharma and life sciences sector. During her long career she has played a critical role in building global brands, spearheading reputation management practices, and internal and external communication for leading public listed companies in the pharma, life sciences and biotech sectors.
Seema has built winning teams and has many external recognitions to her credit. Over the last 11+ years at Biocon Group, she has led the Global Communications & Corporate Brand team and has built a strong reputation for Biocon as a leading global biopharmaceutical company and the most respected biotech brand from India. She also developed a strong corporate narrative for Biocon as a leading global player in biosimilars. She has also enabled reputation-building for Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, as a global influencer.
In 2019, she kickstarted Biocon Biologics’ corporate brand building, with an independent brand identity. She has led global communications, including internal communications, media relations, leadership communication, external communication and PR, as well as driven the digital communication, social media management and product marketing communication for Biocon Biologics.
Before joining Biocon in 2011, Seema led corporate marketing and communication for Jubilant Bhartia Group, and prior to that, she was engaged in reputation management for leading global brands like Ranbaxy and Lupin Pharma, where she built the function and did award winning work.
Besides her global role in brand building, Seema currently, heads communications for emerging markets for Biocon Biologics and is a part of the Executive Leadership team of the Company. She is responsible for building Biocon Biologics’ reputation as a global, innovative and trustworthy brand which is aligned with the organization’s vision of transforming healthcare, transforming lives.
Seema has been a leading PR and communication professional, an influential gamechanger, a social media expert and a leading voice of the sector for many years in a row and has won many awards like ‘Mentor of the Year’, ‘Healthcare Professional of the Year’, and ‘Communication Professional of the Decade’. Under her leadership Biocon Group’s Global Communications team has featured in Top 30 Teams since 2017, has made it to Top 10 Corporate Communications teams in 2021, and holds no. 6 position currently. Under her leadership Biocon has also won many accolades for its digital and social brand campaigns.
Seema graduated from India’s leading Institute of Hotel Management, Catering & Nutrition, Pusa and holds a postgraduate specialization in Marketing and Advertising from Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan. She also holds a postgraduate Diploma in Public Relations from London School of PR, UK.
