Aliah Davis-McHenry is an award-winning, results-driven communications leader who transforms brands and has a proven track record in purpose-driven marketing, brand management, and digital storytelling. In her current role as Global Head (Vice President) of Corporate Marketing at Novartis, Aliah leads the efforts to advance and elevate the company’s brand reputation by setting the strategy and vision for corporate marketing campaigns, corporate events/experiences, partnerships, sponsorships, and creative content including digital, paid social, and video production.

Prior to Novartis, Aliah held leadership roles at GlaxoSmithKline and Bristol Myers Squibb. Her deep expertise in market analysis and stakeholder insights has consistently driven growth and innovation. Aliah is also dedicated to advancing diversity, belonging, and inclusion, having actively contributed to enhancing diversity goals and hiring practices in her previous roles. In addition to her corporate achievements, Aliah is an accomplished entrepreneur, having founded and led her own marketing consultancy and PR agency.

Her impressive career includes being named a Changemaker at The White House’s State of the Women Summit. She has been featured/appeared in Essence, O, Working Mother, CNN and Good Morning America, and has earned accolades as one of 2023 PR Daily’s Top Women in Marketing, a 2024 Provoke Media ‘Rising Star’, and Top Women Leaders of 2024 by Women We Admire.

A graduate of Rutgers University, Aliah resides in New Jersey with her two sons and husband. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, traveling, volunteering, and photography.