Ricardo Babtista Leite

Chief Executive Officer at HealthAI - The Global Agency for Responsible AI in Health

Ricardo Baptista Leite is Chief Executive Officer at HealthAI – The Global Agency for Responsible AI in Health, a non- profit organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, committed to fostering the development and adoption of Responsible AI solutions in Health by employing governance and regulation frameworks for AI in health to build trust, advance equity and deliver on the potential of AI for the benefit of citizens and communities at large. Ricardo Baptista Leite is a Portuguese-Canadian medical doctor trained in infectious diseases with extensive experience in global health, health systems and science-based policymaking. Prior to his current role at HealthAI, he served four terms as a Member of Parliament in Portugal on both health and foreign affairs committees (2011-2023). Ricardo is a city councillor in Sintra and previously served as Deputy Mayor of Cascais. He is the founder and president of the 'UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health', a network of current and former policymakers from over a hundred countries. He is also Chair of the Centre for Global Health at NOVA University Information Management and Data Science School in Lisbon. He has been appointed by the Obama Foundation as an ‘Obama Leader 2024-2025’.