Isha Arora

With over a decade of experience supporting 50+ Life Sciences organizations, Isha is a trusted compliance expert specializing in risk management, program development, and operational excellence. Her approach blends strategic insight with technology integration to build and sustain effective, scalable compliance programs.

Isha has led the implementation of global third-party engagement systems, monitoring frameworks, and data analytics platforms. Her expertise spans the full compliance lifecycle—from developing written standards and training to enabling risk-based monitoring and launch readiness.

She has served in cross-functional roles across Compliance, Legal, and Commercial, and contributed to key governance bodies, including Compliance Committees, Board Meetings, Grants Review, M&A Due Diligence, Transparency Reporting, Internal Audit, PDMA, and Digital Governance.

A frequent industry speaker, Isha advocates for data-driven compliance programs that are practical, agile, and built for growth.

Education

Duke University - Global Executive MBA

Northeastern University - D’Amore McKim School of Business
Finance & Healthcare Management

Sell-SmART Cannabis Compliance Certified

• Women in Bio Chicago chapter

• Women in Business

• Healthcare Data works

• Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics

Speaking Engagements

•2024 - Closing speaker and moderator at DGE Artificial Intelligence in Life Science Compliance

•2023 - moderator and panelist “Recent DOJ enforcement actions & risk management”

•2022 OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AWARD WINNER - HEALTH 2.0 CONFERENCE

•Featured Speaker at EXL 2017, 2018 & 2019 Aggregate Spend and Open Payments Conference

•2021 “HCP Engagement & Transparency: Best Practices for Managing Risk and Avoiding Enforcement Action,”

•Host of the 2021 Porzio LS 4 Part Webinar Series "The Department of Justice is Watching: Building a Data-Driven Compliance Program"

•2021 Key Speaker Transparency & Aggregate Spend Conference: Best Practices for Managing Risk and Avoiding Enforcement Action

•2021 PCC Speaker: Global Transparency Reporting and HCP Activities

• 2020 6th Annual Compliance Congress for Specialty Products - Expansion of the Sunshine Act and HCP Risk Management

• 2020 CBI Auditing and Monitoring Key Speaker and Panelist

• 2019 featured Webinar Speaker – Best Practices Post CMS Submission

• 2019 CBI Data Analytics and Decisions

• 2019 CBI Speaker Programs

• 2018 Pre-submission Webinar Series Speaker

• 2018 CBI 9th West Coast Compliance Congress

• 2018 PDMA 28th Annual Sharing Alliance

• 2018 CBI 12th Annual Forum on Transparency and Aggregate Spend

• 2017 Featured Compliance Analytics Webinar Speaker

• Harvard 24th Annual Women in Business Conference
• Harvard Personalized Medicine Conference