Ken Gustavsen is Executive Director, Social Business Innovation at Merck (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada), where he manages the company’s Impact Venture Fund and coordinates the Social Business Innovation global engagement team. He has been at Merck since 2000 in a variety of roles, with a focus on innovative approaches to expanding access to healthcare in the developing world and emerging markets.
Before joining Merck, Ken led a post-war relief and development program in Kosovo for the non-profit organization World Relief, involving microfinance banking and housing reconstruction. Prior to World Relief, Ken served for 6 years in the United States Navy in a variety of assignments.
Ken received a BS in oceanography from the United States Naval Academy, holds an MBA in finance and global business from Rutgers University, and completed the Advanced Finance Program at the Wharton School.