Executive Advisory Board
 Donn Szaro,
CPA
Global and America
Director-- Health Sciences Industry & Ernst &
Young LLP - Miami, FL Managing Partner
Ernst & Young LLP
Office Address: 200 S.
Biscayne Blvd. Suite 3900
Miami,
FL. 33131
Work: (305) 415-1336
Education: 1972—Bachelor of Arts Degree, Florida State University
Advanced studies at Duke,
Yale, Northwestern and Harvard University Graduate Schools
Experience and Interest: CPA and financial advisor to health care
and life sciences organizations. Professional service skills include
accounting and auditing as well as:
Strategic
planning
Business
development
Transactions
Performance
improvement
Career: 1972—Present—Ernst & Young LLP.
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Director, Global &
Americas Health Science Industry Practice-- for the past eight years
lead one of the profession’s fastest growing multi functional
industry services group; quadrupling in size with annual global
revenues approaching $1 Billion, a 50% market share and twice as
many Fortune 1000 health companies as any other Big 4 firm,
overseeing over 3,500 professionals.
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Chairman, Global Health
Science Steering Committee, directing a diverse leadership team with
representatives from the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland,
Netherlands, Sweden, Japan, Australia and China
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Miami Office Managing
Partner since Andersen transaction in May 2002
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6-year
stint in NYC developing various firm programs including CPA
Connection Alliance, Wall Street corporate development, eHealth, and
risk mitigation.
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Senior
Advisory Partner for various biotech, health care and pharmaceutical
companies and trade associations
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Senior Advisor to the
Healthcare Board of Governors of the World Economic Forum
Memberships &
Distinctions:
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Florida Research Consortium —Board of Directors
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United Way of Miami-
Dade County—Executive Committee & Co-Chair of 2004 campaign
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Greater Miami Chamber of
Commerce—Executive Committee & Committee of 100
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Miami City Club—Board of
Governors and Finance Committee
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Healthcare Financial
Managers Association—since 1974; formerly Board member of Principles
and Practices Board
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American Hospital
Association
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BIO—the biotechnology
trade association
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Healthcare Research and
Development Institute
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Formerly on Ernst &
Young’s Partner Advisory Council
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Noted author and speaker
worldwide on various health business and strategy matters
Led development efforts on various firm’s publications including, among
others:
E&Y’s award winning Biotechnology Report— last 3 US
Editions (referenced in almost 400 print and broadcast stories
representing over 500 million media impressions) and the last 2 Global
reports
Partners With Vision: The Ernst & Young
Global Pharmaceutical Report--
first-of-its-kind report sharing insights from leaders including
pharmaceutical firms themselves, biotech, medical technology, IT,
government, and finance working to shape pharma's future.
Shining Light on Your Board’s Passage to the Future, a
joint AHA survey on Governance
What’s in a name? Leveraging a quality brand in the Health
Sciences Marketplace
Effective Corporate Compliance Programs for Health Organizations
Personal:
Third generation Floridian
Married with four children
and four grandchildren
Former football player at
Florida State University
Boater and active in water sports
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