Johnattan Garcia Ruiz

As Managing Director of Decilion, he leads projects at the intersection of comparative health systems research and digital storytelling for international health organizations, top global health academic centers, and highly cited academic journals. He oversees a multidisciplinary team delivering projects in global health research, digital strategy, and data visualization.

He has consulted with leading international organizations including the Inter-American Development Bank, Expertise France, the Pan American Health Organization, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Oxfam International, the World Health Organization, ACCESS Health International, and the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre.

His recent work includes evaluating policies and market dynamics for generic and biosimilar medicines, performing comparative analyses of regulatory agencies, assessing COVID-19 vaccine distribution inequities, and developing strategies to strengthen local drug manufacturing in Latin America.

He received his Law degree (LL.B.) from Universidad de los Andes in Bogota, Colombia, a Master of Public Health (MPH) in Global Health from Harvard University, and an MBA from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, where he was a member of the Social Impact Lab at the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship.

Earlier in his career, he served as legal advisor to the Director of Medicines and Health Technologies at the Colombian Ministry of Health and Social Protection. He co-founded the Environmental and Public Health Law Clinic at Universidad de los Andes and has held positions at the Harvard Health Systems Innovation Lab, Dejusticia, the Center for Global Development, and the WHO Centre for Health Development in Kobe, Japan.