Steffan was appointed Chief Executive of PHARMAC in July 2012. Prior to taking up the Chief Executive position in an interim capacity in 2011, Steffan was Manager of Funding and Procurement, leading PHARMAC’s commercial and health technology assessment activities.

Before joining PHARMAC in 2003, Steffan trained as a pharmacist in the UK. He also worked in the pharmaceutical industry (branded and generic) while undertaking his Masters in pharmacoeconomics and pharmaceutical policy.

Steffan oversees the Senior Leadership Team and is directly answerable to the PHARMAC

Board.