2005 was a turning point, and also a heartbreaking year for Mihai Irimescu. When his mother passed away after years of battling cancer, he began to approach life with a new sense of purpose. One result was a decision to switch his career focus from telecoms and information technology to healthcare.
The two professional spheres might seem very different but they have been overlapping more and more in recent years. That has given the Romanian professional an opportunity to play a vital role in promoting digital health solutions at the Swiss multinational healthcare company Roche.
“We were quite shocked as a family, because the doctors said that she had about five to six months to live,” he tells Asia Focus, recalling the…
