Individual Director

Dimitris Polygenis

Dimitris Polygenis joined the CPhA Board of Directors in June 2025 as an Individual Director. He is the chair of the CPhA National Pharmacy Business Council (NPBC), which was established to address the unique business, economic and operational issues of the business of pharmacy.

A pharmacist by training, Dimitris is known as a “disruptor” and a strategic business leader committed to customer success and improving Canadians’ access to health care. In his current role as President, Biopharma and Payer Solutions at McKesson Canada, Dimitris is responsible for deepening McKesson Canada’s offerings and partnerships with biopharma and payers, to drive value to patients, health-care providers and plan members/sponsors.

Prior to joining McKesson Canada, Dimitris served as a health-care consultant to numerous industry stakeholders, including a position with the Ontario Round Table on Appropriate Prescribing at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences in Ontario. He has held multiple teaching and board appointments, including the University of Toronto and the University of British Columbia Pharmacy Programs, the Neighbourhood Pharmacy Association of Canada, the Canadian Association for Pharmacy Distribution Management, and the Country Day School.